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°0′42″W / 34.34250°N 101.01167°W / 34.34250; -101.01167 Coordinates: 34°20′33″N101°0′42″W / 34.34250°N 101.01167°W / 34.34250; -101.01167
Country United States
State Texas
County Briscoe
Became ghost town1948
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

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

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References

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