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Welcome to Loudonville ...

Loudonville is located in Albany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loudonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Loudonville is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Loudonville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Loudonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Loudonville - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Loudonville ...

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

  • Albany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Schenectady
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Troy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Cohoes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Watervliet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Watervliet is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
    • Former names for Watervliet:
    • Gibbonsville
    • Port Schuyler
    • West Troy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
  • Rensselaer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Scotia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <4>
  • Colonie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mechanicville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Wyantskill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loudonville ...

Looking for more information about Loudonville? 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 Loudonville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Loudonville.

Adding Loudonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loudonville post office opened in 1871. The Loudonville post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loudonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loudonville - 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 Loudonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Loudonville 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/