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Welcome to West Hoosick ...

West Hoosick is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Hoosick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for West Hoosick: W. Hoosick

West Hoosick is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Hoosick: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for West Hoosick ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

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

Communities near West Hoosick ...

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

  • Troy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Troy is also located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Cohoes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bennington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
  • Watervliet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
  • Mechanicville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Shaftsbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
  • Pownal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
  • Hoosick Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wyantskill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyantskill is also located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Hoosick ...

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

Adding West Hoosick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Hoosick post office opened in 1852. The West Hoosick post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Hoosick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Rensselaer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Hoosick - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the West Hoosick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the West Hoosick 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/