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Welcome to Rumney Depot ...

Rumney Depot is located in Grafton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rumney Depot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Rumney Depot is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rumney Depot: 603

Communities near Rumney Depot ...

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

  • Plymouth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Meredith
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Enfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Canaan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Campton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bristol
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Thornton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Hampton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Holderness
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ashland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rumney Depot ...

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

Adding Rumney Depot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rumney Depot post office opened in 1872. The Rumney Depot post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rumney Depot.

Footnotes ...

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