Welcome to Colchester ...Colchester is located in Delaware County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Colchester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1815. Colchester is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Colchester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Colchester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Colchester - they are located in Illinois, Ontario, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colchester. Websites for Colchester ...Chamber of Commerce: www.delawarecounty.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Colchester, the following might be of interest: Communities near Colchester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colchester.
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 Colchester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colchester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Colchester. 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 Colchester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Colchester. See our Newspapers Page for Colchester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colchester ...Looking for more information about Colchester? 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 Colchester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Colchester. Adding Colchester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Colchester 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 Colchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Colchester. Footnotes ...
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