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Welcome to Wolcottsville ...

Wolcottsville is located in Niagara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wolcottsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

Wolcottsville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wolcottsville: 716 & 624<3>

Communities near Wolcottsville ...

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

  • North Tonawanda
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Lockport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Depew
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tonawanda
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Batavia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Lancaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Albion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Medina
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Williamsville is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,171 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <4>
  • Akron
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Wolcottsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wolcottsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wolcottsville ...

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

Adding Wolcottsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wolcottsville post office opened in 1859.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wolcottsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Niagara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wolcottsville - 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 Wolcottsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Wolcottsville 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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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