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Welcome to Grotto ...

Grotto is located in Tompkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grotto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Grotto is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Grotto: 607

Communities Also Named Grotto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grotto - it's located in Washington.

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

Websites for Grotto ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

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

Communities near Grotto ...

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

  • Ithaca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <3>
  • Cortland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lansing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cayuga Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Homer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Dryden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Trumansburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Moravia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • McGraw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Interlaken
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Interlaken is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Former names for Interlaken:
    • Farmer Village
    • Farmer
    • Farmerville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grotto ...

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

Adding Grotto to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grotto post office opened in 1892. The Grotto post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grotto.

Footnotes ...

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