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Welcome to Red Beach ...

Red Beach is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for Red Beach: Red Bch.

Red Beach is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Red Beach is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Red Beach: 207

Communities near Red Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Beach.

  • Saint Stephen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Calais
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Calais is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calais <3>
  • Saint George Parish
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Stephen Parish
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Andrews
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Baileyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Saint George
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Eastport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lubec
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lubec is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubec
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lubec <3>
  • Woodland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Beach ...

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

Adding Red Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Red Beach post office opened in 1850. The Red Beach post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Beach.

Footnotes ...

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