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Welcome to West Bangor ...

West Bangor is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Bangor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for West Bangor: W. Bangor

West Bangor is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Bangor: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named West Bangor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named West Bangor - they are located in Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania (2).

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

Communities near West Bangor ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Bangor ...

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

Adding West Bangor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Bangor 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 West Bangor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the West Bangor post office opened in 1856.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Bangor.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Bangor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Bangor - 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 West Bangor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the West Bangor 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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