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Welcome to Gibson ...

Gibson is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Gibson is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gibson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gibson: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Gibson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Gibson - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri (4), Nebraska, New Mexico (3), New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gibson.

Communities near Gibson ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gibson.

  • Pike Road
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Petrey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Ramer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Level is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
  • Pine Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Ada
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ada is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
  • Grady
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Center Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Point is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Kent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kent is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Lapine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lapine is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine

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 Gibson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gibson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gibson. 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 Gibson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibson. See our Newspapers Page for Gibson.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gibson ...

Looking for more information about Gibson? 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 Gibson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gibson.

Adding Gibson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gibson 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 (so far) for Gibson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gibson post office opened in 1899. The Gibson post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gibson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Gibson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Gibson area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/