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.

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