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Welcome to Westmoreland Depot ...

Westmoreland Depot is located in Cheshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westmoreland Depot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Westmoreland Depot is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Westmoreland Depot: 603

Communities near Westmoreland Depot ...

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

  • Keene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Keene is located in Cheshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <3>
  • Brattleboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
  • Springfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
  • Swanzey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rockingham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Walpole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hinsdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Chesterfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westmoreland Depot ...

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

Adding Westmoreland Depot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Westmoreland Depot post office opened in 1851. The Westmoreland Depot post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

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