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Welcome to Gotha ...

Gotha is located in Carver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gotha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Gotha is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gotha: 952

Communities Also Named Gotha ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gotha - it's located in Florida.

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

Communities near Gotha ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gotha ...

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

Adding Gotha to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gotha post office opened in 1884. The Gotha post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gotha.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Carver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gotha - 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/