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Welcome to East Dummerston ...

East Dummerston is located in Windham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Dummerston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for East Dummerston: E. Dummerston

East Dummerston is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Dummerston: 802

Communities near East Dummerston ...

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

  • Keene
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Brattleboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brattleboro is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
  • Swanzey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Rockingham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rockingham is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
  • Winchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Walpole
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinsdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hinsdale is located in Cheshire County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinsdale <3>
  • Chesterfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellows Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Northfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 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 Dummerston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Dummerston.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Dummerston ...

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

Adding East Dummerston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Dummerston post office opened in 1886. The East Dummerston post office closed in 1933.

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

Footnotes ...

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