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Welcome to East Virgil ...

East Virgil is located in Cortland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Virgil, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

A typical abbreviation for East Virgil: E. Virgil

East Virgil is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Virgil: 607

Communities near East Virgil ...

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

  • Cortland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lansing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cayuga Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Homer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <3>
  • Groton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dryden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • McGraw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Newark Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Whitney Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Marathon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Virgil ...

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

Adding East Virgil to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Virgil post office opened in 1840. The East Virgil post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

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