Goosetown arts and crafts festival at the corner of SE 2nd St. and Adams Ave. Goosetown is a neighborhood near the inner city, roughly bounded by Washington Ave. and Madison Ave. (north to south) and Parrett St. and S. Garvin St. (west to east). It "derived its name from the common habit of 19th century homeowners keeping geese on their properties, which kept the grass short. The geese would wander the neighborhood and congregate at a water trough near the triangle corner. (http://www.evansvilleliving.com/articles/street-smarts)