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Welcome to West Butler ...

West Butler is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Butler, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for West Butler: W. Butler

West Butler is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Butler: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named West Butler ...

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

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

Communities near West Butler ...

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

  • Newark
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneca Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Waterloo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lyons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clyde
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Phelps
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sodus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sodus have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodus
    • Sodus is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sodus <4>
  • Weedsport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedsport
    • Weedsport is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weedsport <4>
  • Jordan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Byron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
    • Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
    • Former name for Port Byron:
    • Bucksville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Butler ...

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

Adding West Butler to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Butler 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 Butler was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the West Butler post office opened in 1844.

We also found West Butler in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

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

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ny.us/

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 Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Butler - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the West Butler area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the West Butler 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>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.
<6>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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