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Welcome to Gough ...

Gough is located in Burke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gough, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Gough is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gough: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Gough ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Gough - they are located in South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Gough ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gough ...

Looking for more information about Gough? 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 Gough, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gough.

Adding Gough to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gough post office opened in 1889. The Gough post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gough.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Burke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gough - 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Gough area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Gough 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/