Welcome to Westtown ...

Westtown is located in Orange County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westtown, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Westtown is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Websites for Westtown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities Also Named Westtown ...

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

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

Communities near Westtown ...

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

• Palm Tree
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
• Kiryas Joel
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
  • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
• Middletown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
• Monroe
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <4>
• Port Jervis
  (8 miles [12.9 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 <4>
• Warwick
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 <4>
• Goshen
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <4>
• Chester
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• Maybrook
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
  • Maybrook is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybrook <4>
• South Blooming Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Blooming Grove
  • South Blooming Grove is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,122 people
  • South Blooming Grove has also been known as:
  • South Blooming Grove village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westtown ...

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

Adding Westtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Westtown 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 Westtown was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westtown. 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/