Welcome to Gascon ...Gascon is located in Metcalfe County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gascon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. Gascon is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gascon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Gascon (for example, toward Science Hill), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Gascon: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Gascon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gascon - it's located in New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gascon. Communities near Gascon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gascon.
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 Gascon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gascon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gascon. 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 Gascon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gascon. See our Newspapers Page for Gascon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gascon ...Looking for more information about Gascon? 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 Gascon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gascon. Adding Gascon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gascon 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 Gascon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gascon. Footnotes ...
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