Editing Goldsboro, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
In 1738 Nathan Hussey, a Quaker, from New Castle County, Delaware, obtained a grant for land on which the Village of Goldsboro now stands. In 1743 a road from Walnut Bottom, now in Cumberland County, to Hussey's ferry was built.  The turnpike was completed in 1816 from York to Harrisburg. Along the turnpike, near the site of Hussey's Ferry (now Middletown Ferry) [[Henry Etter]] established Etter's Tavern, which included Etter's Post Office by 1838. Goldsboro was founded in 1850 upon completion of a railroad from York Haven to Harrisburg.  Prior to completion of the railroad the 20 or so houses that made up Goldsboro were affectionately referred to as Martinsville, for Martin P. Burger who owned a store near the village.  When the railway was completed in 1850, the village was named Goldsborough in honor of J.M. Goldsborough, the civil engineer of the railway.  Dr. Alexander Small in 1849 surveyed Goldsborough and officially advertised lots for sale in the village of Goldsborough as early as November 19, 1850.  The Borough of Goldsborough was incorporated in 1864.<ref name="Etters" />

A historical association was founded in 1976. The [[Goldsboro Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===The American Lightweight Championship===
On January 15, 1867, a [[prize fight]] took place in a field just north of Goldsboro between [[Sam Collyer]] and Johnny McGlade for the [[List of bare-knuckle lightweight champions|American Lightweight championship]] of boxing, and a purse of $2000.<ref name='New York Clipper 26 Jan 1867'>{{cite web |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC18670126.2.30&e=--1866---1866--en-20-NYC-1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN---------- |title=The Light Weight Championship |newspaper=New York Clipper - 26 Jan 1867}}</ref> It was a [[Bare-knuckle boxing|bare-knuckle]] fight, which was illegal at the time, so they planned the match for the same day as the inauguration of the [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] in Harrisburg, the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] General [[John W. Geary]], thinking that more attention would be on that event. The [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] sheriff arrived after securing a posse with the Zeigle Guards, a military company already on their way to attend the inauguration. However, due to a miscommunication, the guards did not get off the train in Goldsboro, so the sheriff was left alone to try and make any arrests, which he was unable to.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91933653/prize-fight-sheriff-engles-zeigle/ |title=Correction |newspaper=The True Democrat - 29 Jan 1867}}</ref>

The fight lasted 47 rounds in 55 minutes.<ref name='New York Clipper 26 Jan 1867'/> Collyer was the winner and kept the American Lightweight Title. It was estimated that between 1000 and 2000 spectators were in attendance, including members of the PA state legislature, gamblers and underworld figures [[Kit Burns]] and [[Harry Hill (sportsman)|Harry Hill]], plus other boxers and former title holders of the day [[Young Barney Aaron]], [[Dan Kerrigan]], [[Johnny Moneghan]] and [[Joe Coburn]]. It was estimated over $200,000 in bets were won as a result of the fight.<ref name='Gibson York County'>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou00ingibs/page/n701/mode/2up | title =History of York County, Pennsylvania | last =Gibson | first =John | date =1886 | pages =627–630 | publisher =Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co.}}</ref>

===Etymology of the name "Etters"===
The name "Etters", used by the USPS to refer to the post office in Goldsboro, comes from the establishment in 1838 of a post office inside a [[tavern]] owned by Henry Etter, a former [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, approximately one mile north of the current location of Goldsboro.  The post office was moved to Goldsboro in 1850, at which time it retained the name "Etters" to avoid confusion with the already established post office in [[Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania|Gouldsboro, Wayne County, PA]].<ref name="Etters" >{{cite web | url =http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/history/gibson/goldsboro.txt | title =History of York County, Pennsylvania: GOLDSBORO | last =Gibson | first =John | date =1886 | pages =627–630 | publisher =Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co. | website =USGenWeb Archives | access-date =5 August 2016 | quote = ...&nbsp;the postoffice was removed to Goldsboro, but still retains the name '''Etter’s Postoffice'''&nbsp;...}}</ref><ref name="Patriot-News">{{cite news |last=Burger |first=TW |date=27 October 2002 |title=Where the heck is Etters? The answer is ... |newspaper= Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) |page=A01 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10D98F2A546EEAA4?p=NewsBank |access-date= 8 August 2016 |issn= 1041-4029 }}</ref><ref name="Penn Live">{{cite web |url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/08/where_is_etters_pa.html |title=Where is Etters? Red Land gives sports fans a look at central Pa.'s eccentric geography |last=Larsen |first=Kari |date=28 August 2015 |website=PennLive |access-date=10 August 2016 |publisher=PA Media Group |quote=...&nbsp;In early days, post offices were privately owned. The first post office in the Goldsboro area was owned by Henry Etter. This was about 1838&nbsp;...}}</ref>  The 17319 ZIP code also covers other parts of [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] well beyond the borough of Goldsboro, including parts of [[Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Fairview Township]], [[Valley Green, Pennsylvania|Valley Green]], [[Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Newberry Township]], [[Lewisberry, Pennsylvania|Lewisberry]] Borough, and [[Yocumtown]] Village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/17319/|title=ZIP Code 17319 Map, Housing Stats, More for Etters, PA|website=www.unitedstateszipcodes.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>