Gardner was located 30-miles southwest of Cameron in southern Milam County.
It had a post office from 1891 to 1905. It reported a Baptist church in 1892 and a population of 100 in 1896. Gardner is not shown on the 1941 county highway map.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lelia M. Batte, History of Milam County, Texas (San Antonio: Naylor, 1956); Milam County Heritage Preservation Soc., Matchless Milam: History of Milam County (Dallas: Taylor, 1984); Handbook of Texas On-Line
Created on 15 Feb 2001 and last revised on 4 March 2003.