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Welcome to Egremont Plain ...

Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Egremont Plain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

A typical abbreviation for Egremont Plain: Egremont Pln.

Egremont Plain is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Egremont Plain: 413

Websites for Egremont Plain ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near Egremont Plain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Egremont Plain.

  • Pittsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hudson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenox
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Salisbury
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • North Canaan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stockbridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Becket
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Becket have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
    • Becket is located in Berkshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
  • Chatham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
    • Chatham is located in Columbia County (NY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chatham <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Egremont Plain ...

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

Adding Egremont Plain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Egremont Plain post office opened in 1853.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Egremont Plain.

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 Egremont Plain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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