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Welcome to East Durham ...

East Durham is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Durham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

A typical abbreviation for East Durham: E. Durham

East Durham is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Durham: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named East Durham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Durham - it's located in North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Durham.

Websites for East Durham ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.greenecounty-chamber.com/

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

Communities near East Durham ...

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

  • Hudson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Catskill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catskill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Ravena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Coxsackie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleburgh
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tannersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hunter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <4>
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Medusa
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Durham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Durham.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Durham ...

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

Adding East Durham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Durham 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 Durham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the East Durham post office opened in 1839.

We also found East Durham in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Durham.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Durham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Durham - 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 Durham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the East Durham 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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