Do you know of Gum Island ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gum Island. 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 Gum Island.<1>

Our sources for Gum Island (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 Gum Island other than they indicate that Gum Island would be found somewhere in Harris County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1876 and closed  in 1895.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gum Island ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Harris 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 Harris County.