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Welcome to East Gloucester ...

East Gloucester is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Gloucester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for East Gloucester: E. Gloucester

East Gloucester is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named East Gloucester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Gloucester - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Communities near East Gloucester ...

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

  • Lynn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynn is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
  • Peabody
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Peabody is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
  • Salem
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
  • Beverly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Beverly is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
  • Danvers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Danvers is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,571 people
  • Marblehead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Marblehead is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
  • Newburyport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Newburyport is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
  • Swampscott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Swampscott is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
  • Ipswich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ipswich is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,091 people
  • Middleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Middleton is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 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 Gloucester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Gloucester.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Gloucester ...

Looking for more information about East Gloucester? 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 Gloucester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Gloucester.

Adding East Gloucester to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Gloucester 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 East Gloucester was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Gloucester - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.