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Do you know of Goose Cove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Goose Cove. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Goose Cove.<1>

We found mention of Goose Cove as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hancock County, Maine.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1901.

Communities Also Named Goose Cove ...

We found two communities that share the name Goose Cove.

Within Maine, the name Goose Cove is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Goose Cove.
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Goose Cove.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goose Cove ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Goose Cove:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

More Orphans in  Hancock County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hancock County.

Bar Harbor CenterMeddo
Boggy BrookMount Desert Ferry
Bucksport Compact 
Bunkers HarborNewville
 North Blue Hill
Cedar GroveNorth Booksville
CenterNorth Hancock
Chipman'sNorth Lemoine
  
Eagle IslandOak Point
East Dedham 
East EdenReed's Pond
EdingtonRiceville
  
The FallsSalisbury Cove
 Seaville
Gotts IslandSomersville
GraniteSound
Green's LandingSutton Island
Grindstone Neck 
 Tilden
Hinks Landing 
 West Broklin
Isle Au HautWest Eden
IslefordWest Hancock
 Winslow Mills
Lake HouseWinterport Ferry
Long IslandWonsqueak Harbor
  

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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