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Welcome to Ketchumville ...

Ketchumville is located in Tioga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ketchumville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Ketchumville is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ketchumville: 607

Websites for Ketchumville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tiogachamber.com/

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

Communities near Ketchumville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ketchumville ...

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

Adding Ketchumville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ketchumville post office opened in 1851. The Ketchumville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ketchumville.

Footnotes ...

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