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Welcome to Goodwater ...

Goodwater is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goodwater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Goodwater is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Goodwater: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Goodwater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Goodwater - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Goodwater ...

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

  • Quitman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Stonewall is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
  • Sandersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandersville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Heidelberg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Enterprise
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Shubuta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Shubuta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Pachuta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Stafford Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
  • Vossburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Vossburg is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
  • Barnett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnett is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goodwater ...

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

Adding Goodwater to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Goodwater post office opened in 1879. The Goodwater post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goodwater.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Goodwater - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Goodwater area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Goodwater 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/