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Welcome to Crompond ...

Crompond is located in Westchester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crompond, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1933.

Crompond is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Crompond ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.westchester.org/

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

Communities near Crompond ...

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

  • White Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Spring Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <3>
  • Palm Tree
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
  • Kiryas Joel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Newburgh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgefield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgefield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
    • Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
  • Ossining
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Beacon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <3>
  • Haverstraw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tarrytown
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Crompond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crompond.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crompond ...

Looking for more information about Crompond? 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 Crompond, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Crompond.

Adding Crompond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Crompond post office opened in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crompond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Westchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crompond - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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