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History · Goldsboro

Goldsboro’s post office opened in 1869, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Castle Hall. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1910.

1869first post office
1on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Goldsboro began

When was Goldsboro founded?

1869

The Goldsboro post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1906.

First census: 201 in 19102020 census: 211157 years
Founding year: the first Goldsboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1906.

What stands out about Goldsboro’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Goldsboro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1951. Watch Goldsboro change.Old housesHalf of Goldsboro’s homes were built before 1938.
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Start Goldsboro’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goldsboro’s history is told.

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On the map

Goldsboro on the map, 1901 to 1951

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Goldsboro. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Goldsboro on the 1901 USGS mapGoldsboro on the 1944 USGS mapGoldsboro on the 1951 USGS map1901Belair sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Goldsboro.

The story so far

Goldsboro, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Goldsboro yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Goldsboro is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, Goldsboro had a population of 211. The zip code is 21636. First known as Oldtown, it was renamed in 1870 for the prominent Goldsborough family who owned land in the area. Castle Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 246 to 211 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Goldsboro, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Goldsboro Town Hall and PO MD12016Goldsboro Town Hall and PO MD1
On the National Register

1 historic place in Goldsboro

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1975
Castle Hall
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Georgian1
Castle HallGeorgian

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Goldsboro, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 246

Between 185 and 246 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Goldsboro’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Goldsboro

Nobody well known was born in Goldsboro itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jimmie FoxxAmerican baseball player · b. 1907
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Joshua ClaytonAmerican politician · b. 1744
Harry A. RichardsonAmerican politician · b. 1853
James H. HughesAmerican politician · b. 1867
Charles L. TerryAmerican judge · b. 1900
Lyman Pierson PowellAmerican clergyman, college president, and hist… · b. 1866
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Goldsboro’s post office has been open since 1869.

Gone or out of use
Goldsboro Railroad Stationbuilding

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Goldsboro’s history

What year was Goldsboro founded?

The Goldsboro post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1906.

What is on the National Register in Goldsboro?

One place: the Castle Hall (listed 1975).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.