Welcome to Daigle ...

Daigle is located in Aroostook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Daigle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Daigle is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Daigle and travel west, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Daigle: 207

Communities near Daigle ...

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

• Edmundston
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmundston
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmundston <3>
• Fort Kent
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Kent is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Kent <3>
• Madawaska
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Madawaska is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madawaska
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madawaska <3>
• Saint Jacques
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
• Frenchville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Frenchville is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchville <3>
• Clair
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
• Saint Basile
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Basile
• Riviere Verte
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviere Verte
• Eagle Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Lake <3>
• Riviere Verte Parish
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviere Verte Parish

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Daigle ...

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

Adding Daigle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Daigle post office opened in 1899. The Daigle post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Daigle.