Cornwallville New York Map

About Cornwallville, New York

Cornwallville is a locality in Greene County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Cornwallville is located at 42.3681°N, 74.1582°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12418.

Cornwallville rests in a shallow valley, a place where the Catskill foothills begin their gentle rise toward the more formidable peaks beyond. It lies 16.0 miles north of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 10°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-northwest of Cairo. The landscape here is a quilt of verdant pastures and mature woodlands, bisected by the lazy curve of the Schoharie Creek, its banks often fringed with willows that weep their feathery fronds toward the water. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a damp, earthy scent, a mingling of rich soil and the persistent perfume of pine. The roads, mostly paved but often edged with the soft dust of unpaved shoulders, wind through this terrain, revealing farmhouses with broad porches and barns that stand as weathered sentinels against the sky. The light, when it hits the valley floor, seems to pool, softening the edges of barns and illuminating the dust motes dancing in the quiet air. The history of Cornwallville is subtly etched into its very bones, a narrative woven from agricultural endeavors and the quiet resilience of its inhabitants. Once a bustling stop along the turnpike, its economy now leans more toward artisanal crafts and a slow, steady stream of visitors drawn to the surrounding natural beauty and the promise of a less hurried existence. The old stone foundations of long-gone businesses still peek through overgrown fields, silent witnesses to a time when the creek powered mills and the roads hummed with a different kind of traffic. There's a palpable sense of continuity, a feeling that the rhythm of life here, though evolved, still echoes the seasons and the land, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this soil and breathed this valley air.

About This Cornwallville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cornwallville, New York — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.368138, -74.158194. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Cornwallville and Greene County.

Detailed location data for Cornwallville includes the ZIP code (12418), telephone area code (845), county seat of Greene County (Catskill), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cornwallville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.