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Welcome to Hale ...

Hale is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Hale is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hale: 207

Communities Also Named Hale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Hale - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Colorado (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hale.

Communities near Hale ...

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

  • Jay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jay is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <3>
  • Wilton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • West Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Peru
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,509 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>
  • Woodstock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hartford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartford is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
  • Canton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Canton is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
  • Phillips
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hale ...

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

Adding Hale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hale post office opened in 1893. The Hale post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hale.

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 Hale - 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/