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Welcome to Wayville ...

Wayville is located in Saratoga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wayville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Wayville is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wayville: 518 & 838<3>

Communities near Wayville ...

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

  • Schenectady
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Saratoga Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cohoes
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Watervliet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Watervliet is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
    • Former names for Watervliet:
    • Gibbonsville
    • Port Schuyler
    • West Troy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <4>
  • Scotia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Scotia is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <4>
  • Ballston Spa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mechanicville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hoosick Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fort Edward
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wayville ...

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

Adding Wayville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wayville post office opened in 1886. The Wayville post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wayville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saratoga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wayville - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Wayville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Wayville 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/