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Welcome to Charleston Four Corners ...

Charleston Four Corners is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Charleston Four Corners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for Charleston Four Corners: Charleston Four Cors.

Charleston Four Corners is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Charleston Four Corners: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for Charleston Four Corners ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountyny.com/

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

Communities near Charleston Four Corners ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Charleston Four Corners.

  • Amsterdam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gloversville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Johnstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cobleskill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Plain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Canajoharie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Johnsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Middleburgh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hagaman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Summit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summit <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Charleston Four Corners ...

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

Adding Charleston Four Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Charleston Four Corners post office opened in 1828. The Charleston Four Corners post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Charleston Four Corners.

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 Charleston Four Corners - 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 Charleston Four Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Charleston Four Corners 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/