Gouldsboro is a

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and census-designated place (CDP) in Lehigh Township, Wayne County, and Coolbaugh Township,

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. The CDP's population was 890 at time of the 2010 United States Census.

History

Gouldsboro was named for

Jay Gould Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him ...

, who built a tannery in the area before becoming famous as a financier.

Geography

According to the

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, Gouldsboro has a total area of 3.004 sq mi (7.783 km²), of which 2.596 sq mi (6.723 km²) is land and 0.408 sq mi (1.06 km²), or 5.72%, is water.

Demographics

As of the Census of 2010, there were 890 people, 353 households, and 253 families in Gouldsboro. The CDP's

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was 343 people per square mile (131/km²), and there were 546 housing units at an average density of 182/sq mi (70.2/km²). The racial makeup of the populace was 94.9%

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, 1.0%

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, 0.1% Native American, 1.3%

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, 0.1%

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, 1.3% of

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, and 1.1% of two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of all races made up 4.0% of the population. Of Gouldsboro's households 71.7% were families, 55.8% were headed by a

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married couple (Pennsylvania did not allow

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until May 20, 2014, after the 2010 Census had been completed), and 30.3% included children under the age of 18. Of households 10.8% were headed by a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% by a male householder with no wife present, and 28.3% consisted of non-families. Of all households 24.1% were made up of individuals, and 13.3% consisted of a person 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.95. Gouldsboro's age distribution was 23.9% under the age of 18, 5.2% between the ages of 18 and 24, 19.9% between 25 and 44, 34.7% between 45 and 64, and 16.3% 65 years of age or older. The population's median age was 45.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males in the same age range. According to American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, the median income for a household in Gouldsboro in 2013 was $45,469, and the median income for a family was $54,000. Males had a median income of $50,000, while females had a median income of $28,750. The

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for the CDP was $27,753. Of families 0.0% and 1.4% of people were below the Census Bureau's poverty thresholds (different from the federally defined poverty guidelines), including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over. According to self-reported ancestry figures recorded by the ACS, the five largest ancestral groups in Gouldsboro in 2013 were

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(40.3%),

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(38.0%),

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(13.9%),

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(13.4%), and

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(13.3%). Those reporting

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made up 2.5% of the population.

Parks and recreation

Gouldsboro is home to the

Gouldsboro State Park Gouldsboro State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County and Lehigh Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the Gouldsboro Lake. Gouldsboro State Park is located very close ...

. The village is serviced and is within the North Pocono School District. The former Lackawanna Railroad station houses a

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and is served by

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from Steamtown National Historic Site in nearby

Scranton Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming V ...

. The area is extremely scenic and popular with hunters and naturalists. Much of Wayne County's water is under special protection.

Education

The majority of Gouldsboro is in Lehigh Township, and is therefore served primarily by the North Pocono School District, in which it is part of Region III. The small part of the CDP which is contained within Coolbaugh Township, however, is in the

Pocono Mountain School District Pocono Mountain School District (PMSD for short) is a large, rural public school district located in Monroe County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district had an enrollment of 8,290 students in its schools, a ...

, in which it is also part of Region III.

Postal Service

In addition to parts of the aforementioned Lehigh and Coolbaugh Townships, parts of Clifton, Thornhurst, and Covington Townships in

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are serviced by the Gouldsboro Post Office, and are also often referred to as "Gouldsboro".

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* {{authority control Gould family Census-designated places in Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains Populated places in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Populated places on the Lehigh River Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Pennsylvania