Welcome to East Dickinson ...
East Dickinson is located in Franklin County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of East Dickinson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.
A typical abbreviation for East Dickinson: E. Dickinson
East Dickinson is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: East Dickinson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for East Dickinson: 518 & 838<3>
Communities near East Dickinson ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Dickinson.
- Malone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Brushton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burke
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Skerry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Skerry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
- Skerry is located in Franklin County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Skerry
- From East Dickinson to Skerry
- Saint Regis Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nicholville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bombay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 East Dickinson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Dickinson.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Dickinson. 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 East Dickinson.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Dickinson. See our Newspapers Page for East Dickinson.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Dickinson ...
Looking for more information about East Dickinson? 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 East Dickinson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Dickinson.
Adding East Dickinson to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of East Dickinson 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 East Dickinson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the East Dickinson post office opened in 1857.
We also found East Dickinson in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for East Dickinson.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Dickinson - 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 East Dickinson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the East Dickinson 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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |