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Welcome to Lenox ...

Lenox is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lenox, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Lenox is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lenox: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Lenox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Lenox - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Lenox ...

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

  • Rome
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • De Witt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Oneida
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chittenango
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Manlius
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Minoa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <4>
  • Sherrill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Syracuse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lenox ...

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

Adding Lenox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lenox 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 Lenox was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lenox.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lenox - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Lenox area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Lenox 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.