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Welcome to Willets ...

Willets is located in Cayuga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willets, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Willets is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Willets: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Willets ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Willets - they are located in Michigan and New Jersey.

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

Websites for Willets ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cayugacountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Willets, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Willets ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willets ...

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

Adding Willets to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willets 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 Willets was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Willets on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willets.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cayuga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willets - 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 Willets area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Willets 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.