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Welcome to New Gascony ...

New Gascony is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Gascony, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

New Gascony is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near New Gascony ...

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

  • Pine Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • White Hall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Star City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Altheimer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Humphrey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Grady
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wabbaseka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Sherrill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Moscow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Moscow is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Noble Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Gascony ...

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

Adding New Gascony to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Gascony 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 New Gascony was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the New Gascony post office opened in 1832. The New Gascony post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Gascony.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Gascony - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/