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Welcome to Prospect Harbor ...

Prospect Harbor is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prospect Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for Prospect Harbor: Prospect Hbr. (or less commonly used: Prospect Harb. or Prospect Hrbr.)

Prospect Harbor is near sea level<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Prospect Harbor and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Prospect Harbor: 207

The ZIP code for Prospect Harbor: 04669<3>

Communities near Prospect Harbor ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prospect Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Prospect Harbor? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Prospect Harbor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Prospect Harbor.

Adding Prospect Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prospect Harbor 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 Prospect Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Prospect Harbor post office opened in 1828.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prospect Harbor.

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 Prospect Harbor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Prospect Harbor). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Prospect Harbor or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/