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Welcome to Burtonsville ...

Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burtonsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

Burtonsville is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burtonsville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Burtonsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Burtonsville - they are located in Alberta and Maryland.

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

Websites for Burtonsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountyny.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Burtonsville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Burtonsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burtonsville ...

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

Adding Burtonsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burtonsville post office opened in 1837.

We also found Burtonsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burtonsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burtonsville - 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 Burtonsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Burtonsville 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/