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Welcome to Gaylord ...

Gaylord is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Gaylord is located in Lipscomb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gaylord, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Gaylord is 2,800 feet [853 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Gaylord is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Gaylord: 806

Communities Also Named Gaylord ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Gaylord - they are located in Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon and Virginia.

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

Communities near Gaylord ...

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

  • Booker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Follett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Darrouzett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Timms City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Timms City is located in Lipscomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timms City
  • Logan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Logan is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Lipscomb
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Balko
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Perryton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Slapout
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Slapout is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapout
  • Locust Grove
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in Lipscomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gaylord ...

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

Adding Gaylord to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gaylord 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 Gaylord was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gaylord post office opened in 1920. The Gaylord post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gaylord.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lipscomb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gaylord - 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/