Goldsboro, Delaware

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19901. It stands on Puncheon Run. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

Goldsboro within Kent County

On record in Goldsboro

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 11 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Old Statehouselisted 1971 · 0.2 miles away
Christ Churchlisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away
Bradford-Loockerman Houselisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away
Dover Green Historic Districtlisted 1977 · 0.2 miles away
John Bullen Houselisted 1975 · 0.3 miles away
Greenwoldlisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Governor's Houselisted 1972 · 0.4 miles away
Delaware State Museum Buildingslisted 1972 · 0.4 miles away
Palmer Homelisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Victorian Dover Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Eden Hilllisted 1973 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
1926 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500
1931 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Dover quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Goldsboro between 2002 and 2014, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
23 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge	STEAM FIRE
4 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
3 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 May 2014	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
6 April 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
14 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
1 March 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
19 February 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Goldsboro: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Tarburton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Tarburton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kent County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Capitol Green	0.2 miles	29
Dover	0.3 miles	29
The Beeches	0.6 miles	29
Edgehill Acres	0.7 miles	29
Morris Estates	0.7 miles	29
Edgehill	0.7 miles	29
Edge Hill	0.8 miles	29
Sherwood	0.8 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215571. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.