Welcome to Gold ...

Gold is located in Hill Country.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Time Zone: Gold lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Gold: 830

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, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia 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.<2>

From that list, the Gold post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gillespie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/