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Welcome to Collamer ...

Collamer is located in Onondaga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Collamer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Collamer is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Collamer: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Collamer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Collamer: This one is located in Onondaga County and the other is located in Monroe County.

Beyond New York, there are 4 communities that are also named Collamer - they are located in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Collamer ...

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

  • Syracuse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • De Witt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Baldwinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • North Syracuse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Solvay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chittenango
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Canastota
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Manlius
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Minoa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <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 Collamer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Collamer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collamer ...

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

Adding Collamer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Collamer post office opened in 1849. The Collamer post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collamer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Onondaga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collamer - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Collamer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Collamer 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/