Editing Goldsboro, Pennsylvania

{{distinguish|Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = 
 Goldsboro, Pennsylvania
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| nickname                        = 
| settlement_type                 = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
| motto                           = 
| image_skyline                   = Goldsboro PA 2022-11-05 (cropped).jpg
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| image_caption                   = Goldsboro in 2022 with [[Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station|Three Mile Island]] in the background
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| blank_emblem_type               = Keystone Marker
| blank_emblem_size               = 250px
| blank_emblem_link               = Keystone Markers
| image_map                       = York County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Goldsboro highlighted.svg
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| map_caption                     = Location in [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] and the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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| pushpin_label                   = Goldsboro
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location of Goldsboro in Pennsylvania
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| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Pennsylvania]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[York County, Pennsylvania|York]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = Borough Council
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Douglas G. Smith<ref>[http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/11/york_county.html Election results for York County municipalities: Live updates],</ref>
| leader_title1                   = 
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| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1736
| established_title1              = Founded
| established_date1               = 1850
| established_title2              = Incorporated
| established_date2               = 1864
| area_magnitude                  = 
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 1.18
| area_land_km2                   = 1.17
| area_water_km2                  = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi                = 0.45
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 0.45
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.00
| area_water_percent              = 
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023">{{cite web |author=US Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 20, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
| population_note                 = 
| population_total                = 930
| population_density_km2          = 798.22
| population_density_sq_mi        = 2066.52
| timezone                        = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
| timezone_DST                    = EDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| coordinates_footnotes           = <ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> <!-- Coordinates in decimal degrees: (40.152173, -76.750557) -->
| coordinates                     = {{coord|40|09|08|N|76|45|02|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 
| elevation_ft                    = 344
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 17319
| area_code                       = [[Area code 717|717]], [[Area code 223|223]]
| website                         = {{URL|http://goldsboropa.com}}
| footnotes                       = 
| pop_est_as_of                   = 2023
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| population_est                  = 928
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| blank_info                      = 42-30016
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'''Goldsboro''' (formerly '''Goldsborough''') is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[York County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 930 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/> It is part of the [[York, Pennsylvania|York–Hanover metropolitan area]].

For historical reasons, the post office in Goldsboro is named "Etters", although there is no incorporated place known by that name, and the [[United States Postal Service]] states<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=2&postalCode=17319 | title=USPS ZIP Code Lookup (Cities by ZIP Code): 17319 | website=usps.com | access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> that the name "Etters" is preferred over "Goldsboro" for addressing mail to [[ZIP code]] 17319.

==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>

==Geography==
Goldsboro is located along the [[Susquehanna River]] and has a view of the [[Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station]], the site of the [[Three Mile Island accident|largest nuclear accident]] in the United States.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 310
|1880= 378
|1890= 345
|1900= 385
|1910= 434
|1920= 477
|1930= 459
|1940= 478
|1950= 558
|1960= 542
|1970= 576
|1980= 477
|1990= 458
|2000= 939
|2010= 952
|2020= 930
|estyear=2023
|estimate=928
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 939 people, 333 households, and 260 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|2,306.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 365 housing units at an average density of {{convert|896.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.53% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.64% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.64% of the population.

Of the 333 households, 46.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 32.2% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 40.4% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $57,054, and the median income for a family was $60,455. Males had a median income of $40,250 versus $31,146 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $19,164. About 1.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The Goldsboro community is served by the [[West Shore School District]].

==Notable people==
*[[Greg Gross]], former professional baseball outfielder, pinch hitter and [[1980 World Series]] Champion.
*[[J. Michael Bishop]], immunologist, microbiologist and 1989 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] winner.

==Image Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed perrow=4>
File:Stone house Goldsboro PA.JPG|Stone House
File:Goldsboro PA Church of God.JPG|Church of God
File:On the square Goldsboro PA.JPG|House on the square
File:Fire Dept Goldsboro PA.JPG|Old Fire Company Building
</gallery>

==References==
{{Commons category|Goldsboro, Pennsylvania}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://goldsboropa.com Goldsboro official site]
*[http://goldsborohistory.com Goldsboro Historical Association]

{{York County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1850]]
[[Category:Boroughs in York County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1850 establishments in Pennsylvania]]