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Welcome to Institute ...

Institute is located in Lenoir County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Institute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Institute is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Institute: 252

Communities Also Named Institute ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Institute - they are located in Mississippi, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Institute ...

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

  • Goldsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Kinston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ayden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmville is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
  • Grifton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • La Grange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Snow Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fremont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnut Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Stantonsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Institute ...

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

Adding Institute to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Institute post office opened in 1885. The Institute post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Institute.

Footnotes ...

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