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Welcome to Egypt ...

Egypt is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Egypt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Egypt is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Egypt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Egypt - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (6), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Vermont (2), Washington and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Egypt ...

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

  • Boston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Boston is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
  • Brockton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
  • Lynn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynn is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
  • Quincy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
  • Plymouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
  • Weymouth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
  • Revere
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Revere is located in Suffolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
  • Chelsea
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
  • Braintree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
  • Randolph
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
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    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 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 Egypt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Egypt.

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

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

Adding Egypt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Egypt post office opened in 1882. The Egypt post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Egypt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Plymouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Egypt - 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/