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Welcome to Walmore ...

Walmore is located in Niagara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walmore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

Walmore is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walmore: 716 & 624<3>

Communities near Walmore ...

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

  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Catharines
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Niagara Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Welland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Niagara Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • North Tonawanda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Fort Erie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Lockport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Thorold
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Kenmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walmore ...

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

Adding Walmore to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walmore post office opened in 1854.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walmore.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Niagara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walmore - 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 Walmore area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Walmore 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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