Goodville was founded in 1815 (2, p819-820), and it is named for Peter Good, a descendant of Christian Good (GC3). (1, p23, GC3323, note 97)

Photos by Ginny Traycik, 2007.

Notes

1. Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. XII, No. 3 (Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1989 Jul), p11-28.

2. Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men (Phildelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), Goodville, PA, p819-820. Parts available online at pa-roots.com/~lancas.../books/ee/index.html (PA Roots; accessed 2006 Jun 6).