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Welcome to Gainesmore ...

Gainesmore is located on the Gulf Coast.

Gainesmore is located in Matagorda County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gainesmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Gainesmore is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Gainesmore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Gainesmore ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gainesmore.

  • Lake Jackson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Freeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Clute
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clute is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clute
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clute <3>
  • Richwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • West Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sweeny
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Brazoria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Sargent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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 Gainesmore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gainesmore.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gainesmore. 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 Gainesmore.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gainesmore. See our Newspapers Page for Gainesmore.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gainesmore ...

Looking for more information about Gainesmore? 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 Gainesmore, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gainesmore.

Adding Gainesmore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gainesmore 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 (so far) for Gainesmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gainesmore post office opened in 1912. The Gainesmore post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gainesmore.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Matagorda, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gainesmore - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/