Welcome to Goochland ...Goochland is located in Rockcastle County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Goochland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864. Goochland is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Goochland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Goochland, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Goochland: 606 Communities Also Named Goochland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Goochland - it's located in Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Goochland. Communities near Goochland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Goochland.
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 Goochland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Goochland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Goochland. 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 Goochland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Goochland. See our Newspapers Page for Goochland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goochland ...Looking for more information about Goochland? 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 Goochland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Goochland. Adding Goochland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Goochland 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 Goochland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Goochland. Footnotes ...
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