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Welcome to Lime Lake ...

Lime Lake is located in Cattaraugus County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lime Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

A typical abbreviation for Lime Lake: Lime Lk.

Lime Lake is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lime Lake: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Lime Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lime Lake - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Lime Lake ...

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

  • Springville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Arcade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Franklinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cuba
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
  • Delevan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Delevan is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delevan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delevan <4>
  • Fillmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ellicottville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pike
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bird
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bird is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
  • Yorkshire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lime Lake ...

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

Adding Lime Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lime Lake post office opened in 1899. The Lime Lake post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lime Lake.

Footnotes ...

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