Welcome to West Cornwall ...
West Cornwall is located in Orange County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of West Cornwall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
A typical abbreviation for West Cornwall: W. Cornwall
West Cornwall is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: West Cornwall lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for West Cornwall: 845 & 329<3>
Communities Also Named West Cornwall ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named West Cornwall - they are located in Connecticut and Vermont.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Cornwall.
Websites for West Cornwall ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.orangeny.org/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to West Cornwall, the following might be of interest:
Communities near West Cornwall ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Cornwall.
- Palm Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kiryas Joel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peekskill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beacon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haverstraw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodbury. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Woodbury is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Woodbury
- From West Cornwall to Woodbury
- West Haverstraw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haverstraw have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 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 West Cornwall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Cornwall.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Cornwall. 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 West Cornwall.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Cornwall. See our Newspapers Page for West Cornwall.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Cornwall ...
Looking for more information about West Cornwall? 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 West Cornwall, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Cornwall.
Adding West Cornwall to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of West Cornwall 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 West Cornwall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the West Cornwall post office opened in 1889.
We also found West Cornwall in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for West Cornwall.
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 West Cornwall - 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 West Cornwall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the West Cornwall 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |