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Welcome to Fenton ...

Fenton is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fenton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Fenton is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fenton: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Fenton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Fenton - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Fenton ...

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

  • Lackawanna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunkirk
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
    • Dunkirk is located in Chautauqua County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,701 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunkirk <4>
  • Fredonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Springville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Orchard Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Blasdell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gowanda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowanda
    • Gowanda is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,524 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gowanda <4>
  • Silver Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Silver Creek is located in Chautauqua County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Creek <4>
  • Angola
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Fenton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fenton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fenton ...

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

Adding Fenton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fenton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fenton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fenton post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fenton.

Footnotes ...

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