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Welcome to Battenville ...

Battenville is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Battenville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Battenville is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Battenville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Battenville ...

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

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

Communities near Battenville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Battenville ...

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

Adding Battenville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Battenville post office opened in 1828. The Battenville post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Battenville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Battenville - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Battenville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Battenville 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/