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Welcome to Point Breeze ...

Point Breeze is located in Orleans County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Breeze, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Point Breeze: Pt. Breeze

Point Breeze is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Point Breeze: 585

Communities Also Named Point Breeze ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Point Breeze - they are located in Delaware, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (4).

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

Communities near Point Breeze ...

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

  • Brockport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Albion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Medina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Middleport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Holley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyndonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Barker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Kent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gaines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gaines is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
  • Kenyonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kenyonville is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyonville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Breeze ...

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

Adding Point Breeze to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Point Breeze 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 Point Breeze was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Point Breeze post office opened in 1888. The Point Breeze post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Breeze.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orleans, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Point Breeze - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/