Welcome to East Pitcairn ...

East Pitcairn is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

The location of East Pitcairn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Pitcairn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for East Pitcairn: E. Pitcairn

East Pitcairn is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: East Pitcairn lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

East Pitcairn lies within the (315) area code.

Communities near East Pitcairn ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Pitcairn.

• Gouverneur
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouverneur
  • Gouverneur is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,644 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gouverneur <4>
• Antwerp
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antwerp
  • Antwerp is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antwerp <4>
• Harrisville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
  • Harrisville is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisville <4>
• Edwards
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
• Hermon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
  • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <4>
• Richville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Richville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richville <4>
• Jayville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jayville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayville
  • Jayville is located in Saint Lawrence County
• Coffins Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
  • Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
• Lower Oswegatchie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Oswegatchie
  • Lower Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
• Oswegatchie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswegatchie
  • Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oswegatchie <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Pitcairn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Pitcairn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Pitcairn. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Pitcairn.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Pitcairn. See our Newspapers Page for East Pitcairn.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Pitcairn ...

Looking for more information about East Pitcairn? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Pitcairn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Pitcairn.

Adding East Pitcairn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Pitcairn in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for East Pitcairn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Pitcairn post office opened in 1850.

We also found East Pitcairn in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Pitcairn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Pitcairn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/