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Welcome to Willets ...

Willets is located in Cayuga County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Willets, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>


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.<3>.

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

Willets is located in the (315) area code.

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 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.

Communities near Willets ...

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

  • Auburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Geneva
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Seneca Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Penn Yan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lansing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
  • Cayuga Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Groton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Trumansburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Dundee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Yates County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <4>

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willets. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cayuga County: www.co.cayuga.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willets - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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.









 

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