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Welcome to Gober ...

Gober is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gober, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Gober is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Gober, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Gober: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Gober ...

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

Websites for Gober ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokee-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Gober, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Gober ...

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

  • Roswell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Alpharetta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Milton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodstock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Canton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Canton is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Noonday
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Noonday is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
  • Holly Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Litchfield Hundred
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
  • Holly Oaks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
  • Motes Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gober ...

Looking for more information about Gober? 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 Gober, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gober.

Adding Gober to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gober 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 Gober was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gober post office opened in 1898. The Gober post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gober.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gober - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Gober area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Gober area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/