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Welcome to Lanesville ...

Lanesville is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lanesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Lanesville is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Lanesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Lanesville - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New York, Nova Scotia and Virginia.

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

Communities near Lanesville ...

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

  • Peabody
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peabody is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
  • Salem
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
  • Beverly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Beverly is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
  • Gloucester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gloucester is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,539 people
  • Danvers
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Danvers is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,571 people
  • Marblehead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marblehead is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
  • Newburyport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Newburyport is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
  • Amesbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Amesbury is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
  • Swampscott
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Swampscott is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
  • Ipswich
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ipswich is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,091 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 Lanesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lanesville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lanesville ...

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

Adding Lanesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lanesville post office opened in 1854. The Lanesville post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lanesville.

Footnotes ...

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