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Welcome to West Seneca ...

West Seneca is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Seneca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for West Seneca: W. Seneca

West Seneca is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Seneca: 716 & 624<3>

The ZIP code for West Seneca: 14224<4>

Communities Also Named West Seneca ...

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

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

Communities near West Seneca ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Seneca. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for West Seneca.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Seneca ...

Looking for more information about West Seneca? 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 Seneca, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for West Seneca.

Adding West Seneca to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Seneca post office opened in 1852. The West Seneca post office closed in 1906.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Seneca - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the West Seneca area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the West Seneca 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 Seneca). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether West Seneca 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>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/