Welcome to East Greenbush ...

East Greenbush is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

The location of East Greenbush has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Greenbush, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1841.

A typical abbreviation for East Greenbush: E. Greenbush

East Greenbush is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

East Greenbush is within the boundaries of the (518) area code.

Websites for East Greenbush ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named East Greenbush ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named East Greenbush: This one is located in Rensselaer County and the other is located in Washington County.

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

Communities near East Greenbush ...

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

• Albany
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
  • Albany is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <4>
• Schenectady
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schenectady
  • Schenectady is located in Schenectady County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schenectady <4>
• Troy
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
• Cohoes
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohoes
  • Cohoes is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,583 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohoes <4>
• Watervliet
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
  • Watervliet is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
  • Former names for Watervliet:
  • Gibbonsville
  • Port Schuyler
  • West Troy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
• Rensselaer
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
  • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <4>
• Colonie
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
  • Colonie is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <4>
• Menands
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menands
  • Menands is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menands <4>
• Wyantskill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyantskill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
  • Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
• Ravena
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravena
  • Ravena is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,154 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravena <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Greenbush ...

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

Adding East Greenbush to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Greenbush post office opened in 1841.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

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