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词条 Barnum, Texas
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  1. History

  2. References

Barnum is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]

History

Barnum sprang up in 1881 around a sawmill built on a railroad line.[2] Some believe the community was named after P. T. Barnum, an American businessman and circus founder, while other hold it was named for another Texas sawmill owner named Barnum.[3]

References

1. ^{{GNIS|1379392}}
2. ^{{Handbook of Texas|id=hnb10|name=Barnum}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Tarpley|first=Fred|title=1001 Texas Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4B7n7pJyZIC&pg=PA18|date=5 July 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-78693-6|page=18}}
{{Polk County, Texas}}{{coord|30|56|42|N|94|40|22|W|type:city_region:US-TX_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{PolkCountyTX-geo-stub}}

2 : Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Texas|Unincorporated communities in Texas

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