Do you know of Gaston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gaston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Gaston.
We found mention of Gaston as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wilcox County, Alabama.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Gaston ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Gaston.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Gaston.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gaston [Sumter County].
- Sumter County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gaston [Montgomery County].
- California
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Gaston [Nevada County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Gaston [Delaware County].
- Mississippi
- Prentiss County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gaston [Prentiss County].
- North Carolina
- Halifax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gaston [Halifax County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gaston [Northampton County].
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Gaston [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gaston [Lexington County].
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gaston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gaston:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gaston - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Wilcox County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Wilcox County.
| Albert Station | |
| Arnold | Paris |
| Parnassus | |
| Blacks Bluff | |
| Burl | Rowell |
| Ruthven | |
| Canton Bend | |
| Capell | Sallie |
| Culpepper | Sedan |
| Geesbend | Teresita |
| O'Lea | Upper Peach Tree |
| Osage |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Gaston could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |