Gum Pole
Gum Pole (Gumpole) was a farming community 1½ miles south of the Willow Springs Church and fifteen miles east of Sulphur Springs in eastern Hopkins County. The community was established before the Civil War by, among others, Esquire Caid, John Woodward, John Richmond, Marion Wheeler, Bill Rolph, and Tom Crump. The community is said to have been named for a house built of gum poles by Warren Wheeler. A school was constructed at the community in 1877 and continued operating until the 1930s, when it was consolidated with the Greenwood school. By the mid-1930s Gum Pole was no longer shown on the county highway map.
Christopher Long | © TSHA
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Place type
Gum Pole is classified as a Town
Associated Names
- [Gumpole]
Location
Latitude: 33.11869800Longitude: -95.34900600
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