Welcome to Pittstown ...

Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1804.

Pittstown is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Pittstown is within the (518) area code.

The ZIP code for Pittstown: 12185<3>

Websites for Pittstown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Pittstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pittstown - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Communities near Pittstown ...

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

• Albany
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
  • Albany is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <4>
• Troy
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
• Cohoes
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohoes
  • Cohoes is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,583 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohoes <4>
• Bennington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
  • Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
• Watervliet
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
  • Watervliet is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
  • Former names for Watervliet:
  • Gibbonsville
  • Port Schuyler
  • West Troy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
• Rensselaer
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
  • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <4>
• Williamstown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
• Colonie
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
  • Colonie is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <4>
• Mechanicville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicville
  • Mechanicville is located in Saratoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mechanicville <4>
• Menands
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menands
  • Menands is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menands <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pittstown ...

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

Adding Pittstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pittstown post office opened in 1804.

We also found Pittstown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittstown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pittstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/