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Welcome to Woods Lake ...

Woods Lake is located in Herkimer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woods Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

A typical abbreviation for Woods Lake: Woods Lk.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Woods Lake for more information about variations on the name of Woods Lake.

Woods Lake is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Woods Lake: 315 & 680<3>

Websites for Woods Lake ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.herkimercountychamber.com/

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

Communities near Woods Lake ...

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

  • Beaver River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Inlet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Thendara
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
  • Number Four
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Number Four is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
  • Raquette Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Belfort
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Belfort is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
  • Crystal Dale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
  • Wanakena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Petries Corners
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
  • Jerden Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woods Lake ...

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

Adding Woods Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woods Lake post office opened in 1894. The Woods Lake post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woods Lake.

Footnotes ...

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