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Welcome to Bay Pond ...

Bay Pond is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay Pond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Bay Pond is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bay Pond: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Bay Pond ...

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

  • Altamont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Altamont is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
  • Saranac Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Tupper Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Paul Smiths
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Saranac Inn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
  • Harrietstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
  • Bloomingdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Regis Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sevey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
  • Ray Brook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay Pond ...

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

Adding Bay Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bay Pond 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 Bay Pond was on a map titled Map of New York (from Rand McNally, 1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay Pond.

Footnotes ...

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