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Welcome to Diddell ...

Diddell is located in Dutchess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Diddell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Diddell is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Diddell ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newburgh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Milford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
  • Beacon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <3>
  • New Paltz
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Walden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Wappingers Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sherman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Diddell ...

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

Adding Diddell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Diddell 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 Diddell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Diddell post office opened in 1898. The Diddell post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Diddell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Dutchess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Diddell - 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>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/