Do you know of Gadsden ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gadsden. 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 Gadsden.

Our sources for Gadsden (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 Gadsden other than they indicate that Gadsden would be found somewhere in Lamar County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1893.

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 Gadsden ...

We found five communities that share the name Gadsden.

Within Texas, the name Gadsden is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Etowah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gadsden [Etowah County].
  • Arizona
    • Yuma County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Gadsden [Yuma County].
  • Indiana
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Gadsden [Boone County].
  • South Carolina
    • Richland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gadsden [Richland County].
  • Tennessee
    • Crockett County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gadsden [Crockett County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gadsden ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gadsden:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gadsden - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Lamar County ...

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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 Lamar County.