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Welcome to North Penobscot ...

North Penobscot is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Penobscot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1836.

A typical abbreviation for North Penobscot: N. Penobscot

North Penobscot is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Penobscot: 207

Communities near North Penobscot ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Penobscot ...

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

Adding North Penobscot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Penobscot post office opened in 1836. The North Penobscot post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Penobscot.

Footnotes ...

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