Barnum | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated area |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
Coordinates: | 30.9449°N -94.6727°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Polk |
Barnum is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
Barnum sprang up in 1881 around a sawmill built on a railroad line. 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.[1]