Welcome to Bancroft ...Bancroft is located in Hampshire County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bancroft, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. Bancroft is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Bancroft lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Bancroft: 413 Communities Also Named Bancroft ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Massachusetts communities named Bancroft: This one is located in Hampshire County and the other is located in Berkshire County. Beyond Massachusetts, there are 25 communities that are also named Bancroft - they are located in California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bancroft. Communities near Bancroft ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bancroft.
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 Bancroft. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bancroft. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bancroft. 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 Bancroft. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bancroft. See our Newspapers Page for Bancroft. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bancroft ...Looking for more information about Bancroft? 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 Bancroft, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bancroft. Adding Bancroft to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bancroft 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 Bancroft was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bancroft. Footnotes ...
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