Welcome to Gold Bar ...

The city of Gold Bar is located on Puget Sound.

Gold Bar is located in Snohomish County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold Bar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Gold Bar has a population of 2,355 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Gold Bar is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Gold Bar lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The ZIP code for Gold Bar: 98251<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Gold Bar had an population of 2,355 people. This is an increase of 13.49% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.93% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Gold Bar had a population of 2,075 people. This makes Gold Bar the county's 16th most populous community.

The population of Gold Bar represents 0.03% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 160th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,075 people, the population of Gold Bar increased 3.03% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,014 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Gold Bar.

Communities Also Named Gold Bar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Gold Bar - they are located in Alberta, British Columbia, Montana and Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gold Bar.

Communities near Gold Bar ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gold Bar.

• Monroe
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <5>
• Snohomish
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snohomish
  • Snohomish is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,362 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snohomish <5>
• Duvall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
  • Duvall is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,161 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duvall <5>
• Sultan
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sultan
  • Sultan is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,673 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sultan <5>
• Carnation
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnation
  • Carnation is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,306 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carnation <5>
• Skykomish
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skykomish
  • Skykomish is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skykomish <5>
• Index
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Index is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Index <5>
• North Sultan
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Sultan have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sultan
  • North Sultan is located in Snohomish County
• Woods Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Creek
  • Woods Creek is located in Snohomish County
• Baring
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baring
  • Baring is located in King County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baring <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gold Bar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gold Bar.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gold Bar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gold Bar.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Bar. See our Newspapers Page for Gold Bar.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold Bar ...

Looking for more information about Gold Bar? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Gold Bar, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gold Bar.

Adding Gold Bar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold Bar in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gold Bar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Gold Bar post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold Bar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gold Bar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Snohomish County: www.co.snohomish.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/