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Welcome to Cedar ...

Cedar is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Cedar is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Cedar (for example, toward Saint Andrews (NB)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Cedar: 207

Communities Also Named Cedar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Cedar - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Massachusetts, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Montana, Nevada (3), North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar.

Communities near Cedar ...

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

  • Saint Stephen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Calais
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Calais is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calais <3>
  • Saint Stephen Parish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Baileyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Woodland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
  • Perry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Perry is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
  • Princeton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pembroke
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Robbinston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Dufferin Parish
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar ...

Looking for more information about Cedar? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cedar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cedar.

Adding Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar post office opened in 1908. The Cedar post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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