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Welcome to Rondout ...

Rondout is located in Ulster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rondout, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Rondout is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rondout: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Rondout ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rondout - it's located in Illinois.

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

Websites for Rondout ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ulsterchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rondout, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rondout ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • New Paltz
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Saugerties
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Rhinebeck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Red Hook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Millbrook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tivoli
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Creeklocks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
  • Lake Katrine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Whiteport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whiteport is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rondout ...

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

Adding Rondout to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rondout post office opened in 1832. The Rondout post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rondout.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ulster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rondout - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Rondout area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Rondout 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/