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Welcome to East Friendship ...

East Friendship is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Friendship, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for East Friendship: E. Friendship

East Friendship is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Friendship: 207

Communities near East Friendship ...

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

  • Rockland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldoboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Warren
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Wiscasset
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Rockport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Boothbay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Thomaston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint George
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Saint George is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Friendship ...

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

Adding East Friendship to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Friendship post office opened in 1877. The East Friendship post office closed in 1916.

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

Footnotes ...

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