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Welcome to West Bethany ...

West Bethany is located in Genesee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Bethany, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for West Bethany: W. Bethany

West Bethany is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for West Bethany: 585

Communities Also Named West Bethany ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Bethany - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for West Bethany ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.geneseeny.com/

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

Communities near West Bethany ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Bethany ...

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

Adding West Bethany to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Bethany post office opened in 1850.

We also found West Bethany in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Genesee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Bethany - 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/