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Welcome to Amber ...

Amber is located in Onondaga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Amber, you might consider that their post office opened in 1817.

Amber is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Amber: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Amber ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Amber - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Nevada, Oklahoma, Ontario and Washington.

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

Communities near Amber ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Amber ...

Looking for more information about Amber? 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 Amber, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Amber.

Adding Amber to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Amber 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 Amber was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Amber post office opened in 1817. The Amber post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Amber.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Onondaga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Amber - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Amber area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Amber 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/