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Welcome to Deans Corners ...

Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deans Corners, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Deans Corners: Deans Cors.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Deans Corners for more information about variations on the name of Deans Corners.

Deans Corners is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Deans Corners: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Deans Corners ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deans Corners ...

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

Adding Deans Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Deans 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 for Deans Corners was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Deans Corners in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deans Corners.

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 Deans 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 Deans Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Deans Corners area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.