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Welcome to Willowemoc ...

Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willowemoc, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Willowemoc is 1,810 feet [552 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Willowemoc: 845 & 329<3>

Communities near Willowemoc ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willowemoc ...

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

Adding Willowemoc to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willowemoc post office opened in 1871. The Willowemoc post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willowemoc.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willowemoc - 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 Willowemoc area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Willowemoc 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/