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Welcome to Gus ...

Gus is located

Gus is located in Burleson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Gus is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gus lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Gus: 979

Communities Also Named Gus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gus - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gus.

Communities near Gus ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gus.

  • Rockdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Giddings
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Caldwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lexington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Milano
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • San Antonio Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
  • Old Dime Box
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
  • Deanville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dime Box
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Tanglewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Tanglewood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

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 Gus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gus.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gus. 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 Gus.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gus. See our Newspapers Page for Gus.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gus ...

Looking for more information about Gus? 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 Gus, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gus.

Adding Gus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gus 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 Gus was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gus.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burleson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.