Welcome to Cotton Gin ...
Cotton Gin is located Cotton Gin is located in Freestone County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cotton Gin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. Cotton Gin is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Cotton Gin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cotton Gin. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cotton Gin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cotton Gin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cotton Gin. 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 Cotton Gin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cotton Gin. See our Newspapers Page for Cotton Gin. Looking for more information about Cotton Gin? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Cotton Gin, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cotton Gin. We originally found mention of Cotton Gin 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 for Cotton Gin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Cotton Gin in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cotton Gin ...
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From that list, the Cotton Gin post office opened in 1851.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Freestone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cotton Gin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <4> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/