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Welcome to Fentonville ...

Fentonville is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fentonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Fentonville is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fentonville: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Fentonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fentonville - they are located in Massachusetts and Michigan.

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

Websites for Fentonville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chautauquachamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fentonville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Fentonville ...

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

  • Jamestown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Warren
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Warren is located in Warren County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,974 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Lakewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Falconer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Youngsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Randolph
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Celoron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • East Randolph
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
    • Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
  • Sugar Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sinclairville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fentonville ...

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

Adding Fentonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fentonville post office opened in 1852. The Fentonville post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fentonville.

Footnotes ...

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