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Welcome to Goodwin ...

So far, we found very little information about Goodwin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Goodwin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goodwin, please Contact Us.

Goodwin would have been located within present day Paulding County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goodwin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Goodwin is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Goodwin was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Goodwin was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities Also Named Goodwin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Goodwin: This one is located in Paulding County and the other is located in Monroe County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 17 communities that are also named Goodwin - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Goodwin ...

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

  • Defiance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Van Wert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Wert have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
    • Van Wert is located in Van Wert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Wert <5>
  • Delphos
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Paulding
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paulding have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
    • Paulding is located in Paulding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paulding <5>
  • Antwerp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Kalida
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalida have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalida
    • Kalida is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalida <5>
  • Payne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Payne is located in Paulding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <5>
  • Continental
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental
    • Continental is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Continental <5>
  • Convoy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Convoy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convoy
    • Convoy is located in Van Wert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,050 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Convoy <5>
  • Ottoville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottoville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoville
    • Ottoville is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottoville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Goodwin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Goodwin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Goodwin was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Goodwin on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goodwin.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Goodwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Goodwin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Goodwin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Goodwin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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