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Welcome to Gould ...

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

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


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


The location of Gould has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Gould, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gould is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Gould still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code.

Websites for Gould ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Gould, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Gould ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Gould - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Quebec, Rhode Island, Texas (3) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Gould ...

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

  • Gaffney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • York
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Union
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pacolet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
    • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <5>
  • Blacksburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jonesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pacolet Mills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sharon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Gould to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gould post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gould.

The official website for York County: www.yorkcountygov.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.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 Gould, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gould - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/









 

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