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Welcome to Friend ...

Friend is located in Yates County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Friend, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Friend is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Friend: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Friend ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Friend - they are located in Colorado, Kansas (2), Nebraska, Oregon and Virginia.

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

Websites for Friend ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yatesny.com/

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

Communities near Friend ...

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

  • Geneva
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Canandaigua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Penn Yan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dundee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Yates County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <4>
  • Naples
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cohocton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rushville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hammondsport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ovid
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lodi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Lodi is located in Seneca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friend ...

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

Adding Friend to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Friend post office opened in 1883.

We also found Friend in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Friend.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Yates, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friend - 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 Friend area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Friend 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/