Welcome to East Harwich ...

East Harwich is located in Barnstable County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Harwich, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

A typical abbreviation for East Harwich: E. Harwich

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

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

Area Codes for East Harwich: 508 & 774<3>

Communities near East Harwich ...

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

• Barnstable
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
  • Barnstable has also been known as:
  • Barnstable Village
• Barnstable Town
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
• Yarmouth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
• Dennis
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dennis is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
• Brewster
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brewster is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
• Chatham
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chatham is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,994 people
• Orleans
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Orleans is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
• Eastham
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eastham is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
• Wellfleet
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
• North Harwich
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • North Harwich is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harwich

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 Harwich. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Harwich.

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

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

Adding East Harwich to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Harwich 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 Harwich was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Harwich post office opened in 1830. The East Harwich post office closed in 1959.

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