Welcome to Gibtown ...
Gibtown is located Gibtown is located in Jack County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Gibtown is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gibtown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Gibtown lies within the (940) area code. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gibtown. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gibtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gibtown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gibtown. 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 Gibtown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibtown. See our Newspapers Page for Gibtown. Looking for more information about Gibtown? 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 Gibtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gibtown. We originally found mention of Gibtown 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 Gibtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibtown.
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gibtown ...
Adding Gibtown to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Gibtown post office opened in 1883.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Jack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gibtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> 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. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/