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Welcome to Townsendville ...

Townsendville is located in Seneca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Townsendville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Townsendville is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Townsendville: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Townsendville ...

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

  • Ithaca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
  • Penn Yan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lansing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cayuga Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Watkins Glen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <4>
  • Trumansburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dundee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Montour Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Union Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Aurora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Townsendville ...

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

Adding Townsendville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Townsendville post office opened in 1837. The Townsendville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Townsendville.

Footnotes ...

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