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.
- Plattsburgh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dannemora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Village of Keeseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village of Keeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Keeseville
- Village of Keeseville is located in Clinton County
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,750 people
- Keeseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeseville
- Keeseville is located in Essex County
- Estimated population in 2016: 1,743 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keeseville <4>
- Clayburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clayburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
- Clayburg is located in Clinton County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Clayburg
- From Moffitsville to Clayburg
- Lyon Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Standish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Plattsburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peru
(11 miles [17.7 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 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 for Moffitsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Moffitsville post office opened in 1876.
We also found Moffitsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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> | 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |