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Welcome to East Lee ...

East Lee is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Lee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for East Lee: E. Lee

East Lee is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Lee: 413

Websites for East Lee ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near East Lee ...

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

  • Pittsfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Great Barrington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dalton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dalton is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
  • Lenox
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • North Canaan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheshire
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lanesborough
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
  • Huntington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Huntington is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
  • Hinsdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 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 Lee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Lee.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Lee ...

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

Adding East Lee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Lee post office opened in 1848. The East Lee post office closed in 1957.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Berkshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Lee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/