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Welcome to Goodfield ...

Goodfield is located in Meigs County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goodfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Goodfield is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Goodfield (for example, toward Dunlap), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Goodfield: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Goodfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Goodfield - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Goodfield ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goodfield ...

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

Adding Goodfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Goodfield post office opened in 1849. The Goodfield post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goodfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Meigs, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Goodfield - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Goodfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Goodfield 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/