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Welcome to Ramapo ...

Ramapo is located in Rockland County<1>.


The location of Ramapo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ramapo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1825.

Ramapo is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Websites for Ramapo ...

Official Website: www.ramapo.org/

Communities Also Named Ramapo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ramapo - they are located in Kansas, Oregon and Washington.

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

Communities near Ramapo ...

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

  • Paterson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
    • Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
  • Clifton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
  • Passaic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
    • Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
  • Hackensack
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
    • Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
  • Garfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
  • Palm Tree
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
  • Kiryas Joel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Englewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
    • Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
  • Ridgewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
    • Ridgewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ramapo ...

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

Adding Ramapo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ramapo post office opened in 1825.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ramapo.

The official website for Ramapo: www.ramapo.org/

The official website for Rockland County: www.co.rockland.ny.us/

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 Rockland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ramapo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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