Gasoline, Texas

Gasoline, Texas
Gasoline, Texas is located in Texas
Gasoline, Texas
Gasoline, Texas
Location within Texas
Gasoline, Texas is located in the United States
Gasoline, Texas
Gasoline, Texas
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 34°20′33″N 101°00′42″W / 34.3425°N 101.0117°W / 34.3425; -101.0117
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBriscoe
Established1907
Became ghost town1948
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

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

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

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.