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Welcome to Wilcox ...

Wilcox is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilcox, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Wilcox is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilcox: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Wilcox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Wilcox - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming.

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

Websites for Wilcox ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Wilcox ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
  • Kiryas Joel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Woodbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Monroe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Port Jervis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Warwick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Washingtonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Goshen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilcox ...

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

Adding Wilcox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilcox 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 Wilcox was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Wilcox in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilcox.

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