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Welcome to Little France ...

Little France is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little France, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Little France is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Little France: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Little France ...

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

  • Fulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Baldwinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Syracuse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Minoa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Minoa is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minoa <4>
  • East Syracuse
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
  • Liverpool
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Central Square
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little France ...

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

Adding Little France to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little France post office opened in 1876. The Little France post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little France.

Footnotes ...

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