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Welcome to Van Deusenville ...

Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Van Deusenville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

Van Deusenville is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Van Deusenville: 413

Communities Also Named Van Deusenville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Van Deusenville - it's located in New York.

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

Websites for Van Deusenville ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near Van Deusenville ...

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

  • Pittsfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Dalton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dalton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Dalton is located in Berkshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
  • Lee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenox
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Salisbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
  • North Canaan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hinsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
  • Stockbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Becket
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Becket have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
    • Becket is located in Berkshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Van Deusenville ...

Looking for more information about Van Deusenville? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Van Deusenville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Van Deusenville.

Adding Van Deusenville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Van Deusenville 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 Van Deusenville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Van Deusenville post office opened in 1828.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Deusenville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Berkshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Van Deusenville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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