Gassaway is located on the Clear Fork Creek 
just off the road to Liberty about eight miles Northeast 
of Woodbury. Named in 1880 for the Benjamin 
Gassaway family who settled the area, when a Post Office 
was opened there. The small downtown has a general store, 
the old Melton Bank Building, a church and 
several other buildings that are no longer in use. At 
one point there was a high school located 
there which was closed after a fire in the 1970's. 
(Debbie's Notes) My husband's stepmother owns a home in 
Gassaway. It is a lovely quiet community, there are areas
of rural growth and other areas that although not rural
are not in town either.