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Welcome to Gould ...

So far, we found very little information about Gould. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gould to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gould, please Contact Us.

Gould would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gould, you might consider that their post office opened in 1937.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gould is 8,920 feet [2,719 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Gould is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Gould was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Gould was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities Also Named Gould ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Gould - they are located in Arkansas, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas (3) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Gould ...

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

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 Gould. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gould.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gould. 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 Gould.

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

Adding Gould to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gould 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 (so far) for Gould was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Gould post office opened in 1937. The Gould post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gould.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gould, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gould - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Gould area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Gould area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/