Bolivar Peninsula, Texas Gilchrist Post Office, which opened on September 16, 1950. It closed on July 31, 2010. Bolivar Peninsula, Texas Bolivar Peninsula ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,417 at the 2010 census. The communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located on Bolivar Peninsula. The peninsula was named by 1816 for Simón Bolívar, the famed South American political leader involved in the independence movements of Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and other Latin American nations. The pirates/privateers Jean Laffite and Louis-Michel Aury each used the Bolivar Peninsula as
Bolivar, South Australia Wakefield Road, part of the National Highway. It will also be crossed by the Northern Connector freeway due to open in 2019. The exit at Bolivar Road/Kings Road will be in Bolivar, and is likely to service the new entrance to the waste water treatment works. Frederic Custance made Australia's first monoplane flight at Bolivar on 17 March 1910. Bolivar, South Australia Bolivar is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Salisbury. The suburb was established in 1956, and was named after the "General Bolivar Hotel". This hotel had been built by