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Welcome to Gardnertown ...

Gardnertown is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gardnertown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Gardnertown is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gardnertown: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Gardnertown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Gardnertown ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Tree
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Newburgh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Peekskill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Beacon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • 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 <4>
  • Woodbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • New Paltz
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Gardnertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gardnertown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gardnertown ...

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

Adding Gardnertown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gardnertown 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 Gardnertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gardnertown post office opened in 1897. The Gardnertown post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gardnertown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gardnertown - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Gardnertown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Gardnertown 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>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/