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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

Area Codes for Pittstown: 518 & 838<3>

The ZIP code for Pittstown: 12185<4>

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.

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 near Pittstown ...

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

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.<7>

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Rensselaer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pittstown - 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 Pittstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Pittstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pittstown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pittstown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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