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Welcome to East Brownfield ...

East Brownfield is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Brownfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for East Brownfield: E. Brownfield

East Brownfield is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Brownfield: 207

Communities near East Brownfield ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Brownfield ...

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

Adding East Brownfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Brownfield post office opened in 1872. The East Brownfield post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Brownfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Oxford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Brownfield - 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/