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Welcome to Shelby Basin ...

Shelby Basin is located in Orleans County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shelby Basin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

Shelby Basin is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Shelby Basin: 585

Communities near Shelby Basin ...

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

  • Lockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Batavia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Albion
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Akron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Oakfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyndonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Corfu
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Elba
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <3>
  • Barker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shelby Basin ...

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

Adding Shelby Basin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shelby Basin 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 Shelby Basin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shelby Basin post office opened in 1827. The Shelby Basin post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shelby Basin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orleans, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shelby Basin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/