Welcome to Princetown ...

Princetown is located in Schenectady County<1>.

Google driving directions from your current location to Princetown

While we don't have a date for the founding of Princetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1815.

Princetown is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Princetown: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Princetown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Princetown - it's located in Prince Edward Island.

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

Communities near Princetown ...

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

Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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- Albany is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,429 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <4>
Schenectady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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- Schenectady is located in Schenectady County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schenectady <4>
Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
Amsterdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Amsterdam is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,711 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amsterdam <4>
Cohoes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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- Cohoes is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,583 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohoes <4>
Watervliet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
Scotia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Scotia is located in Schenectady County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <4>
Colonie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
Ballston Spa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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- Ballston Spa is located in Saratoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballston Spa <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 Princetown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Princetown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Princetown ...

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

Adding Princetown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Princetown post office opened in 1815.

We also found Princetown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Princetown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Schenectady County: www.schenectadycounty.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Schenectady, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Princetown - 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 Princetown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Princetown 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>	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.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/