Welcome to Lily Bay ...

Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lily Bay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Lily Bay is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lily Bay: 207

Communities Also Named Lily Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lily Bay - it's located in Manitoba.

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

Communities near Lily Bay ...

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

• Greenville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Greenville is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,628 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <3>
• Shirley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
• Beaver Cove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Beaver Cove
  • From Lily Bay to Beaver Cove
• Kokadjo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kokadjo is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokadjo
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kokadjo
  • From Lily Bay to Kokadjo
• Greenville Junction
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Junction
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville Junction <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Greenville Junction
  • From Lily Bay to Greenville Junction
• Moosehead
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Moosehead
  • From Lily Bay to Moosehead
• Rockwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockwood is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwood <3>
• Somerset Junction
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Somerset Junction
  • From Lily Bay to Somerset Junction
• Upper Shirley Corner
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Upper Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shirley Corner
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Upper Shirley Corner
  • From Lily Bay to Upper Shirley Corner
• Lower Shirley Corner
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lower Shirley Corner
  • From Lily Bay to Lower Shirley Corner

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lily Bay ...

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

Adding Lily Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lily Bay in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lily Bay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lily Bay post office opened in 1890. The Lily Bay post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lily Bay.