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Welcome to Weymouth Heights ...

Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weymouth Heights, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Weymouth Heights: Weymouth Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Weymouth Heights is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Weymouth Heights ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Weymouth Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Weymouth Heights post office opened in 1891.

We also found Weymouth Heights in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weymouth Heights.

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 Weymouth Heights - 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/