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Welcome to Border City ...

Border City is located in Seneca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Border City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Border City is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Border City: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Border City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Border City: This one is located in Seneca County and the other is located in Ontario County.

Beyond New York, there are 3 communities that are also named Border City - they are located in California and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Border City ...

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

  • Canandaigua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Newark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Seneca Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Penn Yan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Waterloo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lyons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Palmyra
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Clifton Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Springs
    • Clifton Springs is located in Ontario County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton Springs <4>
  • Clyde
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Phelps
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Border City ...

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

Adding Border City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Border City 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 for Border City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Border City post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Border City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Seneca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Border City - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Border City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Border City 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/