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Welcome to Union Settlement ...

Union Settlement is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Union Settlement, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Union Settlement is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Union Settlement: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Union Settlement ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Union Settlement - they are located in Kansas and New Brunswick.

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

Communities near Union Settlement ...

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

  • Syracuse
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • De Witt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • De Witt is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Baldwinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • North Syracuse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Fayetteville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Minoa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <4>
  • East Syracuse
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
  • Liverpool
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Phoenix
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Union Settlement ...

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

Adding Union Settlement to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Union Settlement post office opened in 1844. The Union Settlement post office closed in 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Union Settlement.

Footnotes ...

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