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Welcome to Leptondale ...

Leptondale is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leptondale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Leptondale is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Leptondale: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Leptondale ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Leptondale ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leptondale ...

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

Adding Leptondale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leptondale 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 Leptondale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Leptondale post office opened in 1881. The Leptondale post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leptondale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leptondale - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Leptondale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Leptondale 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>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/