Welcome to Straits Pond ...

Straits Pond is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Straits Pond, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Straits Pond is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities near Straits Pond ...

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

• Boston
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Cambridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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  • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
• Brockton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Lynn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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  • Lynn is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
• Quincy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Newton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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  • Newton is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
• Somerville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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  • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
• Medford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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  • Medford is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
• Malden
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
  • Malden is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
• Brookline
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
  • Brookline is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 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 Straits Pond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Straits Pond.

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

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

Adding Straits Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Straits Pond post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Straits Pond.