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Welcome to Adirondack ...

Adirondack is located in the Adirondacks.

Adirondack is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adirondack, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

Adirondack is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Adirondack: 518 & 838<3>

The ZIP code for Adirondack: 12808<4>

Communities Also Named Adirondack ...

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

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

Communities near Adirondack ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adirondack ...

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

Adding Adirondack to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adirondack 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 Adirondack was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Adirondack post office opened in 1872.

We also found Adirondack in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adirondack.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adirondack - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Adirondack area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Adirondack area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Adirondack). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Adirondack or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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