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Gulf’s post office opened in 1860, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Haughton-McIver House and the Marion Jasper Jordan Farm. Below: maps from 1970 on.

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0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Gulf began

When was Gulf founded?

1860

The Gulf post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 122166 years
Founding year: the first Gulf post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gulf’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Gulf are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gulf’s history is told.

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The story so far

Gulf, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gulf yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Gulf is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, southeast of the town of Goldston. As of the 2020 census, Gulf had a population of 122. The community is home to a general store and several historic homes. It received its name from its location at a wide bend in the Deep River. Gulf is an interconnection point between the Norfolk Southern Railway and the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway.

Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 144 to 122 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Gulf, 1840 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840BuiltHaughton-McIver House is built
  3. 1860Post officeThe Gulf post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1932Born hereEdd Nye is born here
  6. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Gulf, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Informational sign in front of Haughton-McIver House2022Informational sign in front of Haughton-McIver HouseHaughton-McIver House2022Haughton-McIver HouseGulf, North Carolina2020Gulf, North Carolina
On the map

Gulf on the map in 1970

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gulf.

Gulf on the 1970 USGS map1970Goldston sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gulf.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Gulf

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Haughton-McIver House
Haughton-McIver House, built 1840Marion Jasper Jordan Farm
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne2
Greek Revival1
Folk Victorian1
All 2 listings
Haughton-McIver HouseBuilding · listed 1985Marion Jasper Jordan FarmBuilding · listed 1988

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Gulf’s history

What year was Gulf founded?

The Gulf post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Gulf?

Two places: the Haughton-McIver House (listed 1985) and the Marion Jasper Jordan Farm (1988).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.