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Welcome to Searsville ...

Searsville is located in Orange County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Searsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Searsville is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The area code for Searsville: (845)

Websites for Searsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities Also Named Searsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Searsville - they are located in California, Massachusetts and New Brunswick.

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

Communities near Searsville ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
  • Kiryas Joel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Newburgh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Beacon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <3>
  • Woodbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Monroe is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <3>
  • New Paltz
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paltz have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paltz
    • New Paltz is located in Ulster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,198 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paltz <3>
  • Walden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Walden is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <3>
  • Washingtonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Searsville ...

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

Adding Searsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Searsville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Searsville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Searsville.

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

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.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 Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Searsville - 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>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.
<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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