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Welcome to West Leyden ...

West Leyden is located in the Adirondacks.

West Leyden is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Leyden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1825.

A typical abbreviation for West Leyden: W. Leyden

West Leyden is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

The ZIP code for West Leyden: 13489<4>

Communities Also Named West Leyden ...

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

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

Communities near West Leyden ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Leyden ...

Looking for more information about West Leyden? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for West Leyden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for West Leyden.

Adding West Leyden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Leyden 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 Leyden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the West Leyden post office opened in 1825.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Leyden - 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 Leyden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the West Leyden area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as West Leyden). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether West Leyden or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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