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Welcome to Gouldtown ...

Gouldtown is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gouldtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Gouldtown is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gouldtown: 856

Communities Also Named Gouldtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Gouldtown - they are located in Pennsylvania and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Gouldtown ...

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

  • Vineland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vineland is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,615 people
  • Millville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Millville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
  • Salem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
  • Rosenhayn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosenhayn is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenhayn
  • Seabrook Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
  • Cedarville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • West Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • West Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
  • Norma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Norma is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
  • Roadstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
  • Alliance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Alliance is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gouldtown ...

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

Adding Gouldtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gouldtown 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 Gouldtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Gouldtown post office opened in 1873. The Gouldtown post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gouldtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gouldtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/