Welcome to East Exeter ...

East Exeter is located in Penobscot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Exeter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for East Exeter: E. Exeter

East Exeter is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Exeter: 207

Communities near East Exeter ...

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

• Bangor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bangor is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,998 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bangor
  • From East Exeter to Bangor
• Hampden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hampden is located in Penobscot County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,513 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampden <3>
• Hermon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hermon is located in Penobscot County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <3>
• Glenburn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Glenburn
  • From East Exeter to Glenburn
• Dover - Foxcroft
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Dover - Foxcroft is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover - Foxcroft
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,086 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover - Foxcroft <3>
• Pittsfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pittsfield is located in Somerset County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,003 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsfield <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pittsfield
  • From East Exeter to Pittsfield
• Dexter
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dexter is located in Penobscot County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,702 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <3>
• Newport
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Newport is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,248 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <3>
• Levant
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Levant is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,983 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levant <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Levant
  • From East Exeter to Levant
• Carmel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Carmel is located in Penobscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,857 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Carmel
  • From East Exeter to Carmel

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Exeter ...

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

Adding East Exeter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Exeter post office opened in 1855. The East Exeter post office closed in 1904.

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