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Welcome to Charlton ...

Charlton is located in Saratoga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Charlton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1802.

Charlton is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Charlton: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Charlton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Charlton - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2) and Virginia.

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

Websites for Charlton ...

Official Website: www.townofcharlton.org/

Communities near Charlton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Charlton ...

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

Adding Charlton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Charlton post office opened in 1802.

We also found Charlton in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Charlton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saratoga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Charlton - 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 Charlton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Charlton 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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