Welcome to Roxbury ...

Roxbury is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roxbury, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1805.

Roxbury is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Roxbury ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

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

Communities Also Named Roxbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Roxbury: This one is located in Delaware County and the other is located in Queens County.

Beyond New York, there are 22 communities that are also named Roxbury - they are located in Connecticut (2), Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Roxbury ...

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

• Delhi
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
  • Delhi is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,871 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <3>
• Stamford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
  • Stamford is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <3>
• Margaretville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaretville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
• Hunter
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • 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 <3>
• Hobart
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Hobart is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobart <3>
• Fleischmanns
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleischmanns have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
• Andes
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andes
  • Andes is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andes <3>
• Denver
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Denver is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <3>
• Halcottsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcottsville
  • Halcottsville is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halcottsville <3>
• Grand Gorge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gorge
  • Grand Gorge is located in Delaware County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Gorge <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 Roxbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roxbury.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roxbury ...

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

Adding Roxbury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roxbury post office opened in 1805.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roxbury.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.ny.us/

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