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Welcome to Fire Island ...Fire Island is located in Suffolk County<1>. The location of Fire Island has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fire Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. A typical abbreviation for Fire Island: Fire Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) Fire Island is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Fire Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Fire Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fire Island.
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 Fire Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fire Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fire Island. 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 Fire Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fire Island. See our Newspapers Page for Fire Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fire Island ...Looking for more information about Fire Island? 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 Fire Island, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fire Island. Adding Fire Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fire Island 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 Fire Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Fire Island in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fire Island. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fire Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Suffolk County: www.co.suffolk.ny.us/ The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/ Footnotes ...
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