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Welcome to Bridgeville ...

Bridgeville is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bridgeville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819.

Bridgeville is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Bridgeville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bridgeville - they are located in Alabama, California, Delaware, Kentucky (2), Michigan, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and Quebec.

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

Communities near Bridgeville ...

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

  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Jervis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Monticello
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellenville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Matamoras
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Wurtsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Otisville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomingburg
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Bridgeville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bridgeville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bridgeville ...

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

Adding Bridgeville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bridgeville post office opened in 1819. The Bridgeville post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bridgeville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bridgeville - 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/