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Welcome to Point Vivian ...

Point Vivian is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Vivian, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Point Vivian: Pt. Vivian

Point Vivian is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Point Vivian: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Point Vivian ...

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

  • Gananoque
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Philadelphia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Theresa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Antwerp
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Chaumont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Evans Mills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hammond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <4>
  • Browns Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Browns Corners is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corners
  • Thousand Island Park
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Point Vivian. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point Vivian.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Vivian ...

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

Adding Point Vivian to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Point Vivian 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 Vivian was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Point Vivian post office opened in 1892. The Point Vivian post office closed in 1934.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Point Vivian - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Point Vivian area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Point Vivian 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>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/