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Welcome to Central Bridge ...

Central Bridge is located in Schoharie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Central Bridge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1836.

A typical abbreviation for Central Bridge: Central Brg. (or less commonly used: Central Brdg. or Central Brdge.)

Central Bridge is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Central Bridge: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Central Bridge ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Central Bridge ...

Looking for more information about Central Bridge? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Central Bridge, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Central Bridge.

Adding Central Bridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Central Bridge 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 Central Bridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Central Bridge post office opened in 1836.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Central Bridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Schoharie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Central Bridge - 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 Central Bridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Central Bridge 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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