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Welcome to Country Knolls ...

Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Country Knolls: Country Knls.

Country Knolls is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Country Knolls: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Country Knolls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Country Knolls - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Country Knolls ...

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

  • Albany
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Schenectady
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Saratoga Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Amsterdam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cohoes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Watervliet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
    • Watervliet is located in Albany County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
    • Former names for Watervliet:
    • Gibbonsville
    • Port Schuyler
    • West Troy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
  • Rensselaer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Scotia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
    • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <4>
  • Colonie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Country Knolls ...

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

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 Country Knolls - 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 Country Knolls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Country Knolls 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.