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Welcome to Barrytown ...

Barrytown is located in Dutchess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barrytown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Barrytown is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barrytown: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Barrytown: 12507<4>

Communities Also Named Barrytown ...

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

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

Communities near Barrytown ...

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

  • Kingston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Paltz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hudson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Catskill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Saugerties
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rhinebeck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Athens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Millbrook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Tivoli
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Tannersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barrytown ...

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

Adding Barrytown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barrytown 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 Barrytown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Barrytown post office opened in 1830. The Barrytown post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barrytown.

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 Barrytown - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Barrytown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Barrytown 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 Barrytown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Barrytown 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>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/