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Welcome to Gooseberry ...

Gooseberry is located in Morrow County<1>.

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

Gooseberry is 2,430 feet [741 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Gooseberry is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Gooseberry lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gooseberry: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Gooseberry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gooseberry - they are located in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Utah.

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

Communities near Gooseberry ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gooseberry ...

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

Adding Gooseberry to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gooseberry post office opened in 1884. The Gooseberry post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gooseberry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Morrow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gooseberry - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Gooseberry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Gooseberry 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/