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Welcome to Abbotts ...

Abbotts is located in the Thousand Islands and Saint Lawrence River/Seaway region.

Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbotts, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Abbotts is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Abbotts: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Abbotts ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Abbotts - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Abbotts ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abbotts ...

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

Adding Abbotts to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abbotts post office opened in 1882. The Abbotts post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbotts.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cattaraugus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abbotts - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Abbotts area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Abbotts 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/