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Welcome to Costigan ...

Costigan is located in Penobscot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Costigan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Costigan is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Costigan: 207

The ZIP code for Costigan: 04423<3>

Communities Also Named Costigan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Costigan - it's located in New Brunswick.

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

Communities near Costigan ...

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

  • Bangor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
    • Bangor is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,998 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <4>
  • Orono
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orono have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
    • Orono is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <4>
  • Brewer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
    • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <4>
  • Old Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Old Town is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,404 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Town <4>
  • Hermon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
    • Hermon is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,104 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <4>
  • Glenburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
  • Holden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Holden is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <4>
  • Levant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
    • Levant is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,983 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levant <4>
  • Milford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Corinth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Corinth is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corinth <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Costigan ...

Looking for more information about Costigan? 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 Costigan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Costigan.

Adding Costigan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Costigan 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 Costigan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Costigan post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Costigan.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Costigan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Penobscot, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Costigan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Costigan). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Costigan or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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