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Welcome to Medway ...

Medway is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medway, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1847.

Medway is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Medway: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Medway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Medway - they are located in Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia (2) and Ohio.

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

Websites for Medway ...

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

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

Communities near Medway ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medway ...

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

Adding Medway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medway 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 Medway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Medway post office opened in 1847.

We also found Medway in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medway.

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 Medway - 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 Medway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Medway 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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