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Welcome to Rye Beach ...

Rye Beach is located in Rockingham County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Rye Beach: Rye Bch.

Rye Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Rye Beach: 603

The ZIP code for Rye Beach: 03871<3>

Communities Also Named Rye Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rye Beach - it's located in Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rye Beach.

Communities near Rye Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rye Beach.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rye Beach ...

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

Adding Rye Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rye Beach post office opened in 1872.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rye Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rye Beach - 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 Rye Beach). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Rye Beach 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/