Welcome to Gulf ...So far, we found very little information about Gulf. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Gulf to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gulf, please Contact Us. Gulf was located on the Gulf Coast. Gulf would have been located within present day Matagorda County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gulf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918. While the community is gone, the present day location for Gulf is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: The area where Gulf was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Gulf ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gulf - they are located in California, Missouri and North Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gulf. Communities near Gulf ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gulf.
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 Gulf. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gulf. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gulf. 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 Gulf. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gulf. See our Newspapers Page for Gulf. Adding Gulf to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gulf 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 Gulf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gulf. Footnotes ...
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