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Welcome to Barnegat ...

Barnegat is located in Dutchess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barnegat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Barnegat is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Barnegat ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Barnegat - they are located in New Jersey and Oregon.

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

Communities near Barnegat ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Newburgh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Beacon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <3>
  • New Paltz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Walden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Washingtonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Maybrook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barnegat ...

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

Adding Barnegat to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barnegat 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 Barnegat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barnegat post office opened in 1854. The Barnegat post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barnegat.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Dutchess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barnegat - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/