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Welcome to Niverville ...

Niverville is located in Columbia County<1>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Niverville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Niverville is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Niverville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Niverville - it's located in Manitoba.

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

Communities near Niverville ...

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

  • Albany
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rensselaer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
    • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <4>
  • Hudson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Menands
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Catskill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catskill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Wyantskill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyantskill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
    • Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
  • Ravena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Coxsackie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chatham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
    • Chatham is located in Columbia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chatham <4>
  • Athens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Niverville ...

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

Adding Niverville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Niverville 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 Niverville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Niverville post office opened in 1846.

We also found Niverville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Niverville.

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

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyny.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Niverville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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