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Welcome to Red House ...

Red House is located in Cattaraugus County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red House, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Red House is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Red House: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Red House ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Red House - they are located in Maryland, Nevada (2), North Carolina, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Red House ...

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

  • Olean
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Olean is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olean <4>
  • Bradford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Salamanca
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Allegany
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Randolph
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Little Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cattaraugus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • East Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
    • Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
  • Lewis Run
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red House ...

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

Adding Red House to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Red House post office opened in 1866. The Red House post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red House.

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 Red House - 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 Red House area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Red House 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/