Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Gouldtown was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1890 on, and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gouldtown’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gouldtown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gouldtown.
From Wikipedia’s history of Gouldtown.
Monroe Work catalogued it among "Negro" communities in his Negro Yearbook series.
Gouldtown was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1818, current building constructed in 1860, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Gouldtown, cut from the printed page as they were published.
GOULD genealogies; probability of origin of name When Gouldtown was first given its name does not yet definitely appear. It was called " Gouldtown, an ancient settlement " many years ago, and records show that it was called " Gouldtown " when Bridgeton was called "Bridgetown" or "The Bridge"; old records, before 1800, make mention of " on the road from Gouldtown to Bumbridge " — meaning what is now Fairton.
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the long distance on Sundays from Gouldtown to that church, when they were young. For better accommodation, a small frame church (also used for a school) was built northward of Gouldtown, before alluded to as the Lummis schoolhouse, on the road leading from Gouldtown to Deerfield at the intersection of what is now the road to Carmel. Becoming dissatisfied with the arrangement, the people of Gouldtown in 1823 purchased the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Gouldtown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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