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Welcome to North Wolcott ...

North Wolcott is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Wolcott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for North Wolcott: N. Wolcott

North Wolcott is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for North Wolcott: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named North Wolcott ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Wolcott - it's located in Vermont.

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

Communities near North Wolcott ...

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

  • Oswego
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lyons
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Clyde
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sodus
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Weedsport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wolcott
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Port Byron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
    • Former name for Port Byron:
    • Bucksville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <4>
  • Sodus Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fair Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Wolcott ...

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

Adding North Wolcott to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Wolcott post office opened in 1874. The North Wolcott post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Wolcott.

Footnotes ...

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