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Welcome to Natural Dam ...

Natural Dam is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Natural Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Natural Dam is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Natural Dam: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Natural Dam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Natural Dam - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Natural Dam ...

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

  • Brockville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Philadelphia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Theresa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Antwerp
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Edwards
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
    • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
  • Hermon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
    • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <4>
  • Morristown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rensselaer Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Richville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Natural Dam ...

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

Adding Natural Dam to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Natural Dam post office opened in 1890. The Natural Dam post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Natural Dam.

Footnotes ...

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