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Welcome to East Milton ...

East Milton is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Milton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for East Milton: E. Milton

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

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

Communities Also Named East Milton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named East Milton - they are located in Florida and Maine.

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

Communities near East Milton ...

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

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

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

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

Adding East Milton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Milton post office opened in 1872.

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

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

Footnotes ...

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

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