Welcome to Menauhant ...

Menauhant is located in Barnstable County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menauhant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Menauhant is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Menauhant: 508 & 774<3>

Communities near Menauhant ...

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

• Barnstable
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
  • Barnstable has also been known as:
  • Barnstable Village
• Barnstable Town
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
• Falmouth
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
• Yarmouth
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
• Wareham
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
• Sandwich
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
• Bourne
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bourne is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
• Fairhaven
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
• Mashpee
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
• Mattapoisett
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 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 Menauhant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menauhant.

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

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

Adding Menauhant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Menauhant 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 Menauhant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Menauhant post office opened in 1890. The Menauhant post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menauhant.