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Welcome to East Stoneham ...

East Stoneham is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Stoneham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for East Stoneham: E. Stoneham

East Stoneham is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Stoneham: 207

Communities near East Stoneham ...

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

  • Bridgton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Paris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Paris is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
  • Norway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fryeburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Otisfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
  • West Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterford is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
    • Waterford has also been known as:
    • Sweats Island
    • Sweet Island
    • Swetts Island
    • Waterford Flat
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Stoneham ...

Looking for more information about East Stoneham? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for East Stoneham, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for East Stoneham.

Adding East Stoneham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Stoneham post office opened in 1848.

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

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 Stoneham - 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/