Welcome to East Fishkill ...

East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Fishkill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for East Fishkill: E. Fishkill

East Fishkill is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for East Fishkill ...

Official Website: www.eastfishkillny.org/

Communities near East Fishkill ...

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

• Danbury
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
• Poughkeepsie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Poughkeepsie is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,447 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poughkeepsie <3>
• Newburgh
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Newburgh is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburgh <3>
• New Milford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
• Peekskill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Peekskill is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peekskill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,087 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peekskill <3>
• Beacon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • 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 Fairfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
• Wappingers Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wappingers Falls is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappingers Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappingers Falls <3>
• Highland Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Falls is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Falls <3>
• Sherman
  (15 miles [24.1 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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Fishkill ...

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

Adding East Fishkill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Fishkill post office opened in 1852. The East Fishkill post office closed in 1909.

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