Gasoline, Texas

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Gasoline, Texas
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Gasoline, Texas
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Gasoline, Texas
Coordinates: 34°20′33″N101°00′42″W / 34.3425°N 101.0117°W / 34.3425; -101.0117
Country United States
State Texas
County Briscoe
Established1907
Became ghost town1948
Time zone UTC-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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