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Welcome to West Gouldsboro ...

West Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Gouldsboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.

A typical abbreviation for West Gouldsboro: W. Gouldsboro

West Gouldsboro is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for West Gouldsboro: 207

Communities near West Gouldsboro ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Gouldsboro ...

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

Adding West Gouldsboro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Gouldsboro 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 West Gouldsboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the West Gouldsboro post office opened in 1841. The West Gouldsboro post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Gouldsboro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Gouldsboro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/