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Welcome to Greentown ...

Greentown is located in Currituck County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greentown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Greentown is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Greentown: 252

Communities Also Named Greentown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Greentown - they are located in Indiana, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greentown.

Communities near Greentown ...

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

  • Elizabeth City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Currituck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Moyock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shawboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Maple
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Knotts Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Barco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Belcross
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Belcross is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
  • Camden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Waterlily
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greentown ...

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

Adding Greentown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greentown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Greentown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Greentown post office opened in 1853. The Greentown post office closed in 1857.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greentown.

Footnotes ...

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