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Welcome to Balmat ...

Balmat is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Balmat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930.

Balmat is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Balmat: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Balmat ...

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

  • Gouverneur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Philadelphia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Antwerp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Harrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Edwards
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
    • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
  • Hermon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
    • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <4>
  • Richville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Talcville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Talcville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville
  • Lake Bonaparte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake Bonaparte is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bonaparte
  • Somerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Balmat ...

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

Adding Balmat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Balmat post office opened in 1930. The Balmat post office closed in 1992.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Balmat.

Footnotes ...

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