Welcome to Governors Island ...Governors Island is located in New York County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Governors Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. A typical abbreviation for Governors Island: Governors Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Governors Island for more information about variations on the name of Governors Island. Time Zone: Governors Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Governors Island ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Governors Island - it's located in North Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Governors Island. Communities near Governors Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Governors Island.
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 Governors Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Governors Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Governors Island. 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 Governors Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Governors Island. See our Newspapers Page for Governors Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Governors Island ...Looking for more information about Governors Island? 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 Governors Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Governors Island. Adding Governors Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Governors Island in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Governors Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Governors Island in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast. For more details, see References and Mentions for Governors Island. Footnotes ...
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