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Welcome to Danby Four Corners ...

Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Danby Four Corners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Danby Four Corners: Danby Four Cors.

Danby Four Corners is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Danby Four Corners: 802

Communities near Danby Four Corners ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Danby Four Corners.

  • Rutland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Manchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Manchester is located in Bennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
  • Rutland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Rutland is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,105 people
  • Poultney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Poultney is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
  • Granville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Granville is located in Washington County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granville <3>
  • Clarendon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Clarendon is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,396 people
  • West Rutland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • West Rutland is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rutland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
  • Wallingford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallingford is located in Rutland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
  • Dorset
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dorset is located in Bennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
  • Ludlow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ludlow is located in Windsor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Danby Four Corners ...

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

Adding Danby Four Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Danby Four Corners 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 Danby Four Corners was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Danby Four Corners post office opened in 1837. The Danby Four Corners post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Danby Four Corners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Rutland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Danby Four Corners - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/