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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gaines Landing. 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 Gaines Landing.<1>

Our sources for Gaines Landing (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 Gaines Landing other than they indicate that Gaines Landing would be found somewhere in Chicot County, Arkansas.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gaines Landing ...

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

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

The FIPS database contains an entry for Gaines Landing.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 05/25450   (Place Name: Gaines Landing)

County: Chicot     (FIPS State/County: 05/017)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gaines Landing) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Chicot 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 Chicot County.