Welcome to San Gabriel ...
San Gabriel is located San Gabriel is located in Milam County<1>. The location of San Gabriel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of San Gabriel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. San Gabriel is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: San Gabriel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named San Gabriel - they are located in Arizona, California and New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Gabriel. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near San Gabriel. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around San Gabriel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Gabriel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Gabriel. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Gabriel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Gabriel. See our Newspapers Page for San Gabriel. Looking for more information about San Gabriel? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to San Gabriel, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for San Gabriel. We originally found mention of San Gabriel in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for San Gabriel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found San Gabriel in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for San Gabriel.
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Communities Also Named San Gabriel ...
Communities near San Gabriel ...
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From that list, the San Gabriel post office opened in 1856.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Milam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Gabriel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/