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Welcome to Moffitsville ...

Moffitsville is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moffitsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Moffitsville is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Moffitsville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Moffitsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Moffitsville - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Moffitsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moffitsville ...

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

Adding Moffitsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Moffitsville post office opened in 1876. The Moffitsville post office closed in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moffitsville.

Footnotes ...

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