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Welcome to Gaines ...

Gaines is located in Orleans County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gaines, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1816.

Gaines is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gaines: 585

Communities Also Named Gaines ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Gaines - they are located in Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Gaines ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gaines ...

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

Adding Gaines to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gaines post office opened in 1816.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gaines.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orleans, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gaines - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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