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Welcome to Greendale ...

Greendale is located in Hocking County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greendale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Greendale is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Greendale: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Greendale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Greendale - they are located in British Columbia, California, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Texas, Utah, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Greendale ...

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

  • Athens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Logan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lexington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Crooksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Glouster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Somerset
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Chauncey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Junction City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • New Straitsville
    (3 miles [4.8 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 Greendale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greendale.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greendale ...

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

Adding Greendale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greendale post office opened in 1879. The Greendale post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greendale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hocking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greendale - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Greendale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Greendale 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/