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Welcome to East Masonville ...

East Masonville is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Masonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

A typical abbreviation for East Masonville: E. Masonville

East Masonville is 1,650 feet [503 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for East Masonville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

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

Communities near East Masonville ...

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

  • Oneonta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sidney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Delhi
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Delhi is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <3>
  • Walton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Deposit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oxford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bainbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Unadilla
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Otego
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Afton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Masonville ...

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

Adding East Masonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Masonville post office opened in 1866. The East Masonville post office closed in 1939.

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

Footnotes ...

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