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Welcome to East Springfield ...

East Springfield is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Springfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

A typical abbreviation for East Springfield: E. Springfield

East Springfield is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Springfield: 603

Communities Also Named East Springfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named East Springfield - they are located in Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near East Springfield ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Claremont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
  • Newport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Northfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Northfield is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northfield <3>
  • Enfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New London
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Canaan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sunapee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Springfield ...

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

Adding East Springfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Springfield 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 East Springfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the East Springfield post office opened in 1866.

We also found East Springfield in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Springfield.

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 East Springfield - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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