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Welcome to Wallington ...

Wallington is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

Wallington is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wallington: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Wallington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wallington - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Communities near Wallington ...

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

  • Newark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lyons
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Palmyra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clifton Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Springs
    • Clifton Springs is located in Ontario County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton Springs <4>
  • Clyde
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Phelps
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Wolcott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Macedon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macedon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
    • Macedon is located in Wayne County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 1,462 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macedon <4>
  • Sodus Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fair Haven
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Wallington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wallington.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallington ...

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

Adding Wallington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wallington 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 for Wallington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wallington post office opened in 1873.

We also found Wallington in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallington.

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 Wallington - 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 Wallington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Wallington 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/