Welcome to Gibson ...

So far, we found very little information about Gibson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gibson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Gibson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Gibson, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Gibson , we believe that it would have been located within present day Benton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Time Zone: The area where Gibson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Gibson ...

While we believe that this Gibson is located in Benton County, we know of another 3 Missouri communities named Gibson. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dunklin, Lincoln and Pemiscot County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 42 communities that are also named Gibson - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (2), 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.

Adding Gibson to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Gibson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Gibson post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gibson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/