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Welcome to West Shelby ...

West Shelby is located in Orleans County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Shelby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for West Shelby: W. Shelby

West Shelby is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for West Shelby: 585

Communities Also Named West Shelby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Shelby - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near West Shelby ...

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

  • Lockport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Batavia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Albion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Medina
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Akron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Alden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Middleport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyndonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Corfu
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Shelby ...

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

Adding West Shelby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Shelby 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 Shelby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the West Shelby post office opened in 1855.

We also found West Shelby in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orleans, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Shelby - 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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