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Welcome to Cahoonzie ...

Cahoonzie is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cahoonzie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Cahoonzie is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cahoonzie: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Cahoonzie ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Cahoonzie ...

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

  • Middletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Port Jervis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Monticello
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Matamoras
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wurtsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Otisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Milford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Unionville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomingburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cahoonzie ...

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

Adding Cahoonzie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cahoonzie post office opened in 1892. The Cahoonzie post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cahoonzie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cahoonzie - 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 Cahoonzie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Cahoonzie 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/