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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gasoline, Texas

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.