Welcome to Friendship ...

Friendship is located in Allegany County<1>.

The location of Friendship has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Friendship, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1821.

Friendship is 1,500 feet [457 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Friendship ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 72 communities that are also named Friendship - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (4), Florida, Georgia (6), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Jersey (3), New Mexico, North Carolina (6), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (5), Tennessee (7), Texas (11), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Friendship ...

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

• Olean
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
  • Olean is located in Cattaraugus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olean <4>
• Wellsville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
  • Wellsville is located in Allegany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,329 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <4>
• Alfred
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alfred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
  • Alfred is located in Allegany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
  • Alfred has also been known as:
  • Alfred village
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <4>
• Allegany
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allegany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegany
  • Allegany is located in Cattaraugus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allegany <4>
• Franklinville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
  • Franklinville is located in Cattaraugus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklinville <4>
• Cuba
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Cuba is located in Allegany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
• Shinglehouse
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglehouse
  • Shinglehouse is located in Potter County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shinglehouse <4>
• Andover
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
  • Andover is located in Allegany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <4>
• Bolivar
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
  • Bolivar is located in Allegany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bolivar <4>
• Portville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portville
  • Portville is located in Cattaraugus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portville <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 Friendship. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friendship.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Friendship.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friendship ...

Looking for more information about Friendship? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Friendship, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Friendship.

Adding Friendship to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Friendship post office opened in 1821.

We also found Friendship in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Friendship.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Friendship. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Allegany County: www.alleganyco.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/