Welcome to East Arlington ...

East Arlington is located in Bennington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Arlington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

A typical abbreviation for East Arlington: E. Arlington

East Arlington is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Arlington: 802

Communities Also Named East Arlington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named East Arlington - they are located in Alabama, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Arlington.

Communities near East Arlington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Arlington.

• Bennington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
  • Bennington is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
• Manchester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
• Shaftsbury
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaftsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
  • Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
• Pownal
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pownal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
  • Pownal is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
• Hoosick Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Falls
  • Hoosick Falls is located in Rensselaer County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoosick Falls <4>
• Dorset
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
  • Dorset is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
• Cambridge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <4>
• Wilmington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in Windham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
• Greenwich
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
  • Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
• North Bennington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
  • North Bennington is located in Bennington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Arlington ...

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

Adding East Arlington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Arlington 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 East Arlington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Arlington post office opened in 1867.

We also found East Arlington in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Arlington.