Welcome to Mechanicstown ...

Mechanicstown is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mechanicstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

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

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

Websites for Mechanicstown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities Also Named Mechanicstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mechanicstown - they are located in Ohio and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mechanicstown ...

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

• Palm Tree
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
• Kiryas Joel
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
  • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
• Newburgh
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
  • Newburgh is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburgh <3>
• Woodbury
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
• Monroe
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <3>
• Port Jervis
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Jervis
  • Port Jervis is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Jervis <3>
• Warwick
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <3>
• Walden
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
  • Walden is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <3>
• Washingtonville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
  • Washingtonville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,730 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washingtonville <3>
• Goshen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Goshen is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,337 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goshen <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mechanicstown ...

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

Adding Mechanicstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mechanicstown post office opened in 1883.

We also found Mechanicstown on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mechanicstown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

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