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Welcome to North Sheldon ...

North Sheldon is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Sheldon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for North Sheldon: N. Sheldon

North Sheldon is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Sheldon: 802

Communities Also Named North Sheldon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Sheldon - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near North Sheldon ...

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

  • Saint Albans
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Swanton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Saint Albans
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
  • Fairfax
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fairfax is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
  • Georgia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgia is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
  • Sutton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Highgate
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Highgate is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Dunham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
  • Enosburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Swanton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Sheldon ...

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

Adding North Sheldon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Sheldon post office opened in 1854. The North Sheldon post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Sheldon.

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 North Sheldon - 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/