Gasoline, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States
34°20′33″N 101°0′42″W / 34.34250°N 101.01167°W / 34.34250; -101.01167CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBriscoeBecame ghost town1948Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Gasoline is a ghost town in Briscoe County, Texas, United States.[1]

A post office called Gasoline was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1948.[2] The community was named after a gasoline-powered cotton gin near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gasoline
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 55.
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County seat: Silverton
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