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Welcome to Guerette ...

Guerette is located in Aroostook County<1>.

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

Guerette is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Guerette (for example, toward Saint Leonard (NB)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Guerette: 207

Communities near Guerette ...

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

  • Edmundston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fort Kent
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Madawaska
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Van Buren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Saint Leonard Parish
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Saint Leonard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Frenchville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sainte Anne de Madawaska
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clair
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
  • Saint Basile
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guerette ...

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

Adding Guerette to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guerette.

Footnotes ...

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