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Welcome to Golden ...

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

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

Golden would have been located within present day York County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Golden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Golden is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Golden was located: 717 & 223<4>

Communities Also Named Golden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Golden - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Michigan (4), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Golden ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • York
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Millersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mount Joy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Lion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Manheim
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • New Freedom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Golden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Golden post office opened in 1898. The Golden post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Golden.

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 Golden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Golden - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Golden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Golden 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>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/