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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.

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 (so far) for Costigan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Costigan.

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>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/