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Welcome to Guilderland Center ...

Guilderland Center is located in Albany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guilderland Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Guilderland Center: Guilderland Ctr. (or less commonly used: Guilderland Cen., Guilderland Cent. or Guilderland Cntr.)

Guilderland Center is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Guilderland Center: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Guilderland Center ...

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

  • Albany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Schenectady
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Troy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Amsterdam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cohoes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Watervliet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
    • Watervliet is located in Albany County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
    • Former names for Watervliet:
    • Gibbonsville
    • Port Schuyler
    • West Troy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
  • Rensselaer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
    • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <4>
  • Scotia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
    • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <4>
  • Colonie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guilderland Center ...

Looking for more information about Guilderland Center? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Guilderland Center, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Guilderland Center.

Adding Guilderland Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Guilderland Center 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 for Guilderland Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Guilderland Center on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guilderland Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guilderland Center - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Guilderland Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Guilderland Center 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.