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Coordinates: 30°59′54″N94°52′10″W / 30.99833°N 94.86944°W / 30.99833; -94.86944
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Texas.svg  Texas
County Polk
Elevation
77 m (253 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 936
GNIS feature ID2034867 [1]

Asia is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. [1] [2]

The community is located north of U.S. Route 287 and is two miles west of Corrigan. James Standley, who was a Mexican–American War veteran, founded the community, in 1859. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Asia, Texas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Texas Department of Transportation-Polk County
  3. Texas State Historical Association-Asia, Texas


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