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Welcome to Gossett ...

Gossett is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gossett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Gossett is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gossett: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Gossett ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gossett - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Gossett ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Carmi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eldorado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • McLeansboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Norris City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shawneetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Galatia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Enfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Equality
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gossett ...

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

Adding Gossett to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gossett 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 Gossett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gossett post office opened in 1873. The Gossett post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gossett.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gossett - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Gossett area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Gossett 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/