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Welcome to West Berkshire ...

West Berkshire is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Berkshire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for West Berkshire: W. Berkshire

West Berkshire is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for West Berkshire: 802

Communities near West Berkshire ...

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

  • Cowansville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Albans
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanton
    (15 miles [24.1 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
  • Lac Brome
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sutton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Highgate
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Highgate is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Dunham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
  • Enosburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Brigham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham
  • Swanton
    (15 miles [24.1 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 West Berkshire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Berkshire.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Berkshire ...

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

Adding West Berkshire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Berkshire post office opened in 1838. The West Berkshire post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Berkshire.

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 West Berkshire - 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/