Welcome to Gastown ...Gastown is located in Armstrong County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gastown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Gastown is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gastown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Gastown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gastown.
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 Gastown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gastown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gastown. 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 Gastown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gastown. See our Newspapers Page for Gastown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gastown ...Looking for more information about Gastown? 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 Gastown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gastown. Adding Gastown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gastown 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 Gastown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gastown. Footnotes ...
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