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Welcome to Sundown ...

Sundown is located in Ulster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sundown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Sundown is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sundown: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Sundown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Sundown - they are located in Colorado, Manitoba, Missouri, Nevada, Texas and Utah (2).

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

Websites for Sundown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ulsterchamber.org/

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

Communities near Sundown ...

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

  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellenville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Woodridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fleischmanns
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Grahamsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Claryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Curry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Curry is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
  • Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Branch is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
  • Neversink
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sundown ...

Looking for more information about Sundown? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sundown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sundown.

Adding Sundown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sundown post office opened in 1888. The Sundown post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sundown.

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 Sundown - 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 Sundown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Sundown 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/