Welcome to Lanesville ...

Lanesville is located in Greene County<1>.

The location of Lanesville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lanesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

Lanesville is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Lanesville lies within the (518) area code.

Websites for Lanesville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.greenecounty-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lanesville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Lanesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Lanesville - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia and Virginia.

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

Communities near Lanesville ...

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

• Kingston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Ulster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <4>
• Saugerties
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugerties
  • Saugerties is located in Ulster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,793 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saugerties <4>
• Tivoli
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tivoli have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivoli
  • Tivoli is located in Dutchess County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tivoli <4>
• Margaretville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaretville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaretville
  • Margaretville is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Margaretville <4>
• Tannersville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannersville
  • Tannersville is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tannersville <4>
• Hunter
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Hunter is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <4>
• Fleischmanns
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleischmanns have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleischmanns
  • Fleischmanns is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fleischmanns <4>
• Spruceton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
  • Spruceton is located in Greene County
• Shady
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
  • Shady is located in Ulster County
• Shandaken
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandaken
  • Shandaken is located in Ulster County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shandaken <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lanesville ...

Looking for more information about Lanesville? 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 Lanesville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lanesville.

Adding Lanesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lanesville 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 Lanesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lanesville post office opened in 1871.

We also found Lanesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lanesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/