Do you know of Gibson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gibson. 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 Gibson.
Our sources for Gibson (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gibson other than they indicate that Gibson would be found somewhere in Larue County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1910.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Gibson ...
We found 42 communities that share the name Gibson.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Gibson.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 41 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gibson [Montgomery County].
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Gibson [Pima County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Gibson [Shasta County].
- Florida
- Gadsden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Gibson [Gadsden County].
- Georgia
- Glascock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gibson [Glascock County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Gibson [Bingham County].
- Indiana
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Gibson [Lake County].
- Iowa
- Keokuk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Gibson [Keokuk County].
- Kansas
- Rawlins 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 Kansas community of Gibson [Rawlins County].
- Trego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gibson [Trego County].
- Louisiana
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Gibson [Terrebonne Parish].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gibson [Harford County].
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gibson [Allegan County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gibson [Benton County].
- Dunklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gibson [Dunklin County].
- Lincoln 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 Missouri community of Gibson [Lincoln County].
- Pemiscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gibson [Pemiscot County].
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo 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 New Mexico community of Gibson [Bernalillo County].
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Gibson [Hidalgo County].
- McKinley County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Gibson [McKinley County].
- New York
- Nassau 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 New York community of Gibson [Nassau County].
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gibson [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Scotland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gibson [Scotland County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Wagoner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Gibson [Wagoner County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gibson [Charleston County].
- Florence 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 South Carolina community of Gibson [Florence County].
- Tennessee
- Gibson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gibson [Gibson County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Gibson [Platte County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gibson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gibson:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gibson - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Larue 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 Larue County.
| Athertown | Middle Creek |
| Mount Tabor | |
| Eagle Mills | |
| Otter | |
| Gatton | |
| Parker's Grove | |
| Hibernia | |
| Silva | |
| Lyon's Station | |
| Wilkins | |
| Malt |
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gibson 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |