Welcome to East Sheffield ...

East Sheffield is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Sheffield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1829.

A typical abbreviation for East Sheffield: E. Sheffield

East Sheffield is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Sheffield: 413

Communities Also Named East Sheffield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Sheffield - it's located in Alabama.

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

Websites for East Sheffield ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near East Sheffield ...

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

• Torrington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington
  • Torrington is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Torrington <3>
• Winchester
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,548 people
• Great Barrington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
  • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
• Lee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Lee is located in Berkshire County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
• Barkhamsted
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barkhamsted have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
  • Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
• Salisbury
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
• Sheffield
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
  • Sheffield is located in Berkshire County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
• Goshen
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Goshen is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,856 people
• Sharon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
  • Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
• Hartland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 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 Sheffield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Sheffield.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Sheffield ...

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

Adding East Sheffield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Sheffield post office opened in 1829.

We also found East Sheffield in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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