Welcome to Dorchester ...Dorchester is located in Suffolk County<1>. Dorchester was settled in 1630. Dorchester is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dorchester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Dorchester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Dorchester - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario, South Carolina (2), Texas, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dorchester. Communities near Dorchester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dorchester.
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 Dorchester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dorchester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dorchester. 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 Dorchester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dorchester. See our Newspapers Page for Dorchester. Adding Dorchester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dorchester 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 Dorchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Dorchester in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dorchester. Footnotes ...
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