Welcome to Echo Lake ...
Echo Lake is located in Passaic County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Echo Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.
A typical abbreviation for Echo Lake: Echo Lk.
Echo Lake is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Echo Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Echo Lake: 973 & 862<3>
Communities Also Named Echo Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Echo Lake - they are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Echo Lake.
Communities near Echo Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Echo Lake.
- Paterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paterson is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
- Passaic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Passaic is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
- Spring Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Garfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
- Ridgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
- Morristown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
- Morristown has also been known as:
- New Hanover
- West Hanover
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
- Borough of Woodland Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
- Suffern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Echo Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Echo Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Echo Lake. 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 Echo Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Echo Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Echo Lake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Echo Lake ...
Looking for more information about Echo Lake? 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 Echo Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Echo Lake.
Adding Echo Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Echo Lake 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 (so far) for Echo Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Echo Lake post office opened in 1874. The Echo Lake post office closed in 1926.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Echo Lake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Passaic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Echo Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 973 code has been Overlayed with the 862 area code. New phone numbers in the Echo Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 973 or 862. As a result, placing a call in the Echo Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |