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Welcome to Hermon Center ...

Hermon Center is located in Penobscot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hermon Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Hermon Center: Hermon Ctr. (or less commonly used: Hermon Cen., Hermon Cent. or Hermon Cntr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hermon Center for more information about variations on the name of Hermon Center.

Hermon Center is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hermon Center: 207

Communities near Hermon Center ...

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

  • Bangor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bangor is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,998 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <3>
  • Orono
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Orono is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <3>
  • Brewer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <3>
  • Hampden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Town
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bucksport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Glenburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
  • Winterport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Orrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hermon Center ...

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

Adding Hermon Center to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hermon Center post office opened in 1872. The Hermon Center post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hermon Center.

Footnotes ...

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