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Welcome to Walesville ...

Walesville is located in Oneida County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1845.

Walesville is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walesville: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Walesville ...

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

  • Utica
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Utica is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <4>
  • Rome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rome is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • Oneida
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ilion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <4>
  • Trenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Canastota
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Whitesboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • New York Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sherrill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Yorkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walesville ...

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

Adding Walesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walesville post office opened in 1845. The Walesville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walesville.

Footnotes ...

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