Welcome to Suydam ...
So far, we found very little information about Suydam. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Suydam to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Suydam, please Contact Us.
Suydam would have been located within present day Columbia County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Suydam, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Suydam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
Time Zone: The area where Suydam was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Suydam still existed, it would have been in the (518) area code.
Communities Also Named Suydam ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Suydam - it's located in Florida.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Suydam.
Communities near Suydam ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Suydam.
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Great Barrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Hudson is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,017 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <4>
- Catskill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Saugerties
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- 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>
- Salisbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Sheffield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Coxsackie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxsackie
- Coxsackie is located in Greene County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,689 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coxsackie <4>
- Rhinebeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinebeck
- Rhinebeck is located in Dutchess County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,543 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhinebeck <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 Suydam. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Suydam.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Suydam. 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 Suydam.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Suydam. See our Newspapers Page for Suydam.
Adding Suydam to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Suydam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Suydam post office opened in 1885.
We also found Suydam on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1888.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Suydam.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyny.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Suydam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |