Barnum | |
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Coordinates: 30°56′41.7″N 94°40′21.74″W / 30.944917°N 94.6727056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Polk |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Barnum is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]
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]