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Welcome to North Cohasset ...

North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Cohasset, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for North Cohasset: N. Cohasset

North Cohasset is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near North Cohasset ...

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

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

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

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

Adding North Cohasset to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Cohasset post office opened in 1850.

We also found North Cohasset in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Cohasset.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Norfolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Cohasset - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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