Welcome to Lehigh ...

Lehigh is located in Genesee County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lehigh, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Lehigh is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Lehigh is within the boundaries of the (585) area code.

Websites for Lehigh ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.geneseeny.com/

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

Communities Also Named Lehigh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Lehigh - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lehigh ...

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

• Depew
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
  • Depew is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,940 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Depew <4>
• Batavia
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Batavia is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <4>
• Lancaster
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,064 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• East Aurora
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Aurora
  • East Aurora is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,165 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Aurora <4>
• Medina
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
  • Medina is located in Orleans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,584 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <4>
• Le Roy
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <4>
• Warsaw
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
  • Warsaw is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,169 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <4>
• Akron
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Akron is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <4>
• Alden
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Alden is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <4>
• Attica
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
  • Attica is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <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 Lehigh. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lehigh.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lehigh ...

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

Adding Lehigh to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lehigh post office opened in 1892.

We also found Lehigh on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lehigh.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.ny.us/

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