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Welcome to Wendelville ...

Wendelville is located in Niagara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wendelville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Wendelville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wendelville: 716 & 624<3>

Communities near Wendelville ...

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

  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Niagara Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Niagara Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • North Tonawanda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lockport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lackawanna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Kenmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Depew
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Tonawanda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wendelville ...

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

Adding Wendelville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wendelville post office opened in 1880.

We also found Wendelville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wendelville.

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 Wendelville - 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 Wendelville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Wendelville 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/