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Welcome to East Mansfield ...

East Mansfield is located in Bristol County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Mansfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for East Mansfield: E. Mansfield

East Mansfield is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

The ZIP code for East Mansfield: 02031<4>

Communities Also Named East Mansfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named East Mansfield - they are located in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near East Mansfield ...

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

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

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

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

Adding East Mansfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Mansfield 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 Mansfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Mansfield post office opened in 1886.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Mansfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the East Mansfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the East Mansfield area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as East Mansfield). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether East Mansfield or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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