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Welcome to Wemple ...

Wemple is located in Albany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wemple, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Wemple is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wemple: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Wemple ...

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

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

Communities near Wemple ...

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

  • Albany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Schenectady
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Troy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Cohoes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Watervliet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Rensselaer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Scotia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Colonie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Menands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wyantskill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wemple ...

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

Adding Wemple to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wemple post office opened in 1891. The Wemple post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wemple.

Footnotes ...

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