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Welcome to Sullivan ...

Sullivan is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sullivan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Sullivan is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sullivan: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Sullivan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Sullivan - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Sullivan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sullivan ...

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

Adding Sullivan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sullivan 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 Sullivan was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sullivan.

Footnotes ...

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