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Welcome to Wango ...

Wango is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wango, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Wango is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wango: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Wango ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wango - it's located in Maryland.

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

Websites for Wango ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chautauquachamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Wango, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Wango ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wango ...

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

Adding Wango to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wango post office opened in 1890. The Wango post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wango.

Footnotes ...

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