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Welcome to Croydon Flat ...

Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Croydon Flat, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

A typical abbreviation for Croydon Flat: Croydon Flt.

Croydon Flat is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Croydon Flat: 603

Communities near Croydon Flat ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Croydon Flat ...

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

Adding Croydon Flat to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Croydon Flat 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 for Croydon Flat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Croydon Flat post office opened in 1840.

We also found Croydon Flat in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Croydon Flat.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Croydon Flat - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/