Welcome to Caput ...

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

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

Caput was located in the Texas Panhandle.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caput, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

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

Communities Also Named Caput ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Caput - it's located in Missouri.

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

Adding Caput to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Caput 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 Caput was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Caput post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caput.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Caput, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gaines, 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/