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Do you know of Gorbit ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gorbit. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Gorbit.

Our sources for Gorbit (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gorbit other than they indicate that Gorbit would be found somewhere in Dallas County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1894.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gorbit ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gorbit:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gorbit - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Dallas County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dallas County.

Airlawn 
AlphaJoe Pool
Alta Mesa 
 Ka
Beverly HillsKessler Park
BriggsKingsley
BroadwayKnight
BrowderKrem
Burbank Gardens 
 Lake Highlands
CalhounLake June
CarruthLakewood
Casa LindaLetot
Cedar CrestLiggett
Cement 
ChahaMaglab
CharlestonMiller
CloudyMountain Creek
Curtis 
 North Dallas
Dal-norNorthaven
Dalworth 
DanieldaleOasis
Deny 
 Parkdale
East DallasPeeler
East GrandPleasant Mound
East Oak CliffPreston Hollow
Elam StationPreston
ElamPromenade
Endot 
ExallRed Bird
 Roosevelt Heights
Fair Park 
FisherSanta Fe Junction
FoxSaxie
 Scottdale
GascoScyene
GatesSeago
GibbsSimonds
Gravel SloughSoumethun
Greenview HillsSouth Dallas
Greenway ParkSouth Oak Cliff
  
HaleUnion Bower
Harrys 
Hensley FieldVickery
HighwayVillage
Honey Springs 
HouselyWest Dallas
HousleyWheatland
  
IdlewildZipp City
Industrial 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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