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Welcome to Hectorville ...

Hectorville is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hectorville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Hectorville is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hectorville: 802

Communities Also Named Hectorville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hectorville - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Hectorville ...

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

  • Morristown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
  • Cambridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
  • Sutton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Johnson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Johnson is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
  • Newport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,121 people
  • Hyde Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
  • Enosburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Richford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Richford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,303 people
  • Sheldon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sheldon is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,226 people
  • Morrisville
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Hectorville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hectorville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hectorville ...

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

Adding Hectorville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hectorville post office opened in 1893. The Hectorville post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hectorville.

Footnotes ...

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