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Welcome to Olmstedville ...

Olmstedville is located in the Adirondacks.

Olmstedville is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olmstedville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Olmstedville is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Olmstedville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Olmstedville ...

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

  • Pottersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holcombville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holcombville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombville
    • Holcombville is located in Warren County
  • Loch Muller
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
    • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
  • Riparius
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Adirondack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Schroon Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wevertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Chestertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bakers Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olmstedville ...

Looking for more information about Olmstedville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Olmstedville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Olmstedville.

Adding Olmstedville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Olmstedville post office opened in 1855.

We also found Olmstedville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olmstedville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olmstedville - 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 Olmstedville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Olmstedville 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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