Gasoline, Texas

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]

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.


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