Welcome to Gibraltar ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibraltar, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

When the people of Gibraltar referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Gibraltarian<3>

Time Zone: The area where Gibraltar was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Gibraltar once stood is in the (704) and (980)<4> area codes.

Websites for Gibraltar ...

Chamber of Commerce: www.unioncountycoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Gibraltar, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Gibraltar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Gibraltar - they are located in British Columbia, Michigan, Nova Scotia, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Quebec and Washington.

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

Adding Gibraltar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gibraltar in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gibraltar was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Gibraltar on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibraltar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Union County: www.co.union.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.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 Gibraltar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Gibraltar refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Gibraltar may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	Area code (980) is an overlay for area code (704).