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Welcome to Golden Pond ...

Golden Pond is located in Trigg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Golden Pond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

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

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

Area Codes for Golden Pond: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Golden Pond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Golden Pond - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Golden Pond ...

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

  • Benton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cadiz
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kuttawa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hardin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Grand Rivers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Aurora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Trigg Furnace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
  • Fairdealing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
  • Snider
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
  • Olive
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Olive is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Golden Pond ...

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

Adding Golden Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Golden Pond post office opened in 1848. The Golden Pond post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Golden Pond.

Footnotes ...

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