Welcome to East Braintree ...

East Braintree is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Braintree, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for East Braintree: E. Braintree

East Braintree is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named East Braintree ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named East Braintree - they are located in Manitoba and Vermont.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Braintree.

Communities near East Braintree ...

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

• Boston
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Cambridge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
• Brockton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Lynn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Lynn is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
• Newton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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  • Newton is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
• Somerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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  • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
• Waltham
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
  • Waltham is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people
• Medford
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
  • Medford is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
• Malden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
  • Malden is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
• Brookline
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
  • Brookline is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 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 East Braintree. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Braintree.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Braintree. 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 Braintree.

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

Adding East Braintree to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Braintree 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 Braintree was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the East Braintree post office opened in 1877.

We also found East Braintree in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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