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Welcome to Hastings ...

Hastings is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hastings, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Hastings is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hastings: 207

Communities Also Named Hastings ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Hastings - they are located in Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hastings ...

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

  • Berlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Berlin is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <3>
  • Bethel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gorham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gorham is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
  • Waterford
    (18 miles [29 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>
  • Milan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Milan is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Lovell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jackson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson is located in Carroll County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <3>
  • Greenville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Stow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hastings ...

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

Adding Hastings to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hastings post office opened in 1892. The Hastings post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hastings.

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 Hastings - 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/