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Welcome to Great Good Place ...

Great Good Place is located in New Castle County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Great Good Place: Great Good Pl. (or less commonly used: Great Good Plc.)

Great Good Place is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Great Good Place lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Great Good Place: 302

Communities near Great Good Place ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Great Good Place.

  • Wilmington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Newark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Newark is located in New Castle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <3>
  • West Chester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <3>
  • Coatesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Downingtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kennett Square
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Elsmere
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
    • Elsmere is located in New Castle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
  • Oxford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
  • New Castle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Great Good Place ...

Looking for more information about Great Good Place? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Great Good Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Great Good Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including New Castle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Great Good Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.