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Welcome to Limestreet ...

Limestreet is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Limestreet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Limestreet is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Limestreet: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for Limestreet ...

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

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

Communities near Limestreet ...

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

  • Hudson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Catskill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Saugerties
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ravena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Coxsackie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Valatie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chatham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Athens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Castleton-on-Hudson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Philmont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Limestreet ...

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

Adding Limestreet to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Limestreet post office opened in 1891. The Limestreet post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Limestreet.

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 Limestreet - 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 Limestreet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Limestreet 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/