Welcome to Ghent ...

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

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

Ghent was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

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

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

Communities Also Named Ghent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Ghent - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Footnotes ...

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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 Ghent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.

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If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.