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Welcome to Windecker ...

Windecker is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Windecker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Windecker is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Windecker: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Windecker ...

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

  • Watertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Carthage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • West Carthage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
  • Black River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Copenhagen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Croghan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyons Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Castorland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Deferiet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windecker ...

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

Adding Windecker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Windecker 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 Windecker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Windecker post office opened in 1883. The Windecker post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Windecker.

Footnotes ...

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