Welcome to Apponagansett ...
Apponagansett is located in Bristol County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Apponagansett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
Apponagansett is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Apponagansett lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Apponagansett: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Apponagansett ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Apponagansett.
- Fall River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falmouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Middleborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wareham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
- Bristol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Somerset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portsmouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
- Swansea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
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 Apponagansett. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Apponagansett.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Apponagansett. 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 Apponagansett.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Apponagansett. See our Newspapers Page for Apponagansett.
Adding Apponagansett to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Apponagansett 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 (so far) for Apponagansett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Apponagansett post office opened in 1877. The Apponagansett post office closed in 1897.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Apponagansett.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Apponagansett - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Apponagansett area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Apponagansett area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |