Welcome to Popponesset Beach ...

Popponesset Beach is located in Barnstable County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Popponesset Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1949.

A typical abbreviation for Popponesset Beach: Popponesset Bch.

Popponesset Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Popponesset Beach: 508 & 774<3>

Communities near Popponesset Beach ...

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

• Barnstable
  (12 miles [19.3 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
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
• Falmouth
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
• Yarmouth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
• Wareham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
• Sandwich
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
• Bourne
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourne is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
• Mashpee
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
• Dennis
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dennis is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
• Mattapoisett
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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 Popponesset Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Popponesset Beach.

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

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

Adding Popponesset Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Popponesset Beach post office opened in 1949. The Popponesset Beach post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Popponesset Beach.