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Welcome to West Parishville ...

West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Parishville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for West Parishville: W. Parishville

West Parishville is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near West Parishville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Parishville ...

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

Adding West Parishville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Parishville 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 (so far) for West Parishville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Parishville post office opened in 1879. The West Parishville post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saint Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Parishville - 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 Parishville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the West Parishville 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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