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Welcome to Long Island City ...

Long Island City is located in Queens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Long Island City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Long Island City: Long Is. City (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Long Island City is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities near Long Island City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Long Island City.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Long Island City ...

Looking for more information about Long Island City? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Long Island City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Long Island City.

Adding Long Island City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Long Island City post office opened in 1861.

We also found Long Island City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Long Island City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Queens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Long Island City - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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