Welcome to Preston Hollow ...

Preston Hollow is located in Albany County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Preston Hollow, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Preston Hollow, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1819.

A typical abbreviation for Preston Hollow: Preston Holw. (or less commonly used: Preston Hlw. or Preston Hllw.)

Preston Hollow is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Preston Hollow: (518)

Communities Also Named Preston Hollow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Preston Hollow - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Preston Hollow ...

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

• Voorheesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voorheesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorheesville
  • Voorheesville is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,750 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Voorheesville <5>
• Middleburgh
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburgh
  • Middleburgh is located in Schoharie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middleburgh <5>
• Schoharie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoharie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoharie
  • Schoharie is located in Schoharie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schoharie <5>
• Tannersville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 <5>
• Hunter
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
• Livingstonville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
  • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
• Cornwallville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallville
  • Cornwallville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornwallville <5>
• Manorkill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
  • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
• Rensselaerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaerville
  • Rensselaerville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaerville <5>
• Broome Center
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
  • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Preston Hollow ...

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

Adding Preston Hollow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Preston Hollow post office opened in 1819.

We also found Preston Hollow in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Preston Hollow.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/

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