Welcome to Gist ...Gist is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). Gist is located in Jasper County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. Gist is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gist lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Gist: 409 Communities Also Named Gist ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Gist - they are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gist. Communities near Gist ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gist.
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 Gist. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gist. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gist. 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 Gist. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gist. See our Newspapers Page for Gist. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gist ...Looking for more information about Gist? 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 Gist, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gist. Adding Gist to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gist 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 Gist was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gist. Footnotes ...
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