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Welcome to Pulpit Harbor ...

Pulpit Harbor is located on North Haven Island.

Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pulpit Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

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

Pulpit Harbor is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pulpit Harbor: 207

Communities near Pulpit Harbor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pulpit 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 Pulpit Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pulpit Harbor.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pulpit Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Pulpit 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pulpit Harbor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pulpit Harbor.

Adding Pulpit Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pulpit Harbor post office opened in 1882. The Pulpit Harbor post office closed in 1932.

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

Footnotes ...

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