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Welcome to Gomez ...So far, we found very little information about Gomez. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Gomez to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gomez, please Contact Us. Gomez would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>. The location of Gomez has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Gomez, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Gomez is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Gomez was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Gomez still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Gomez ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Gomez - they are located in California, Florida, Kentucky and Texas (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gomez. Communities near Gomez ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gomez.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gomez. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gomez. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gomez. 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 Gomez. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gomez. See our Newspapers Page for Gomez. Adding Gomez to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gomez in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gomez was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Gomez on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gomez. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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