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Welcome to Pellets Island ...

Pellets Island is located in Orange County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pellets Island: Pellets Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Pellets Island for more information about variations on the name of Pellets Island.

Pellets Island is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pellets Island: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Pellets Island ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Pellets Island, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Pellets Island ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Port Jervis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Warwick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Walden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Washingtonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Goshen
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Pellets Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pellets Island.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pellets Island ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pellets Island - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Pellets Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Pellets Island 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.