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Welcome to Weltonville ...

Weltonville is located in Tioga County<1>.

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

Weltonville is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Weltonville: 607

Websites for Weltonville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tiogachamber.com/

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

Communities near Weltonville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weltonville ...

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

Adding Weltonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

We also found Weltonville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weltonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Tioga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weltonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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