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Welcome to Mycenae ...

Mycenae is located in Onondaga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mycenae, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Mycenae is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mycenae: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Mycenae ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mycenae ...

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

Adding Mycenae to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mycenae post office opened in 1889. The Mycenae post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mycenae.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Onondaga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mycenae - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Mycenae area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Mycenae 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/