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Welcome to North Conway ...

North Conway is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Conway, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1827.

A typical abbreviation for North Conway: N. Conway

North Conway is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Conway: 603

The ZIP code for North Conway: 03860<3>

Communities Also Named North Conway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Conway - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near North Conway ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Conway. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for North Conway.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Conway ...

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

Adding North Conway to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the North Conway post office opened in 1827.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Conway.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Conway. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Conway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as North Conway). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether North Conway or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/




 

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