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Welcome to Kiskatom ...

Kiskatom is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kiskatom, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1843.

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

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

Area Codes for Kiskatom: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for Kiskatom ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.greenecounty-chamber.com/

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

Communities near Kiskatom ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kiskatom ...

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

Adding Kiskatom to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kiskatom 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 Kiskatom was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Kiskatom post office opened in 1843.

We also found Kiskatom in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kiskatom.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kiskatom - 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 Kiskatom area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Kiskatom 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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/