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Welcome to Gold City ...

Gold City is located in Simpson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Gold City is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gold City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gold City: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Gold City ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Portland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Portland is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <4>
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Scottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Westmoreland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall Town
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Cross Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Auburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orlinda
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Orlinda is located in Robertson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlinda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orlinda <4>
  • Plum Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 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 Gold City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gold City.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold City ...

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

Adding Gold City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gold City post office opened in 1886. The Gold City post office closed in 1909.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Simpson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gold City - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Gold City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Gold City 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/