Welcome to Ashton ...

So far, we found very little information about Ashton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ashton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ashton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ashton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Ashton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Ulster County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. The community was inundated by the Ashokan Reservoir.

Time Zone: The area where Ashton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Ashton was located: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Ashton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Ashton - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (3), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Ashton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ashton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ashton post office opened in 1886.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashton.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ashton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ulster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Ashton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Ashton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/