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Welcome to Soldier Pond ...

Soldier Pond is located in Aroostook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Soldier Pond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Soldier Pond is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Soldier Pond, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for Soldier Pond: 207

Communities near Soldier Pond ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Soldier Pond.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Soldier Pond ...

Looking for more information about Soldier Pond? 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 Soldier Pond, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Soldier Pond.

Adding Soldier Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Soldier Pond post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Soldier Pond.

Footnotes ...

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