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Welcome to Potter Place ...

Potter Place is located in Merrimack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potter Place, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Potter Place: Potter Pl. (or less commonly used: Potter Plc.)

Potter Place is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Potter Place: 603

Communities Also Named Potter Place ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Potter Place - they are located in Arizona and Idaho.

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

Communities near Potter Place ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potter Place ...

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

Adding Potter Place to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Potter Place post office opened in 1871.

We also found Potter Place in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potter Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Merrimack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potter Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<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/