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Welcome to Gold ...

Gold is located in Potter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Gold is 2,090 feet [637 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gold: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Gold ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Gold - they are located in Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Gold ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold ...

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

Adding Gold to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold 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 for Gold was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Gold post office opened in 1880.

We also found Gold in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Potter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gold - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Gold area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Gold area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/