Do you know of Gulf ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gulf. 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 Gulf.

Our sources for Gulf (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 Gulf other than they indicate that Gulf would be found somewhere in Polk County, Missouri.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1900.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Gulf ...

We found three communities that share the name Gulf.

Within Missouri, the name Gulf is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Kern County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Gulf [Kern County].
  • North Carolina
    • Chatham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gulf [Chatham County].
  • Texas
    • Matagorda County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gulf [Matagorda County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gulf ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Polk 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 Polk County.