Welcome to Woods Lake ...
Woods Lake is located in Herkimer County<1>.
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The location of Woods Lake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
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.<3>.
Time Zone: Woods Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Woods Lake: 315 & 680<4>
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)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
- Beaver River is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver River <6>
- Inlet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Inlet is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inlet <6>
- Thendara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
- Thendara is located in Herkimer County
- Number Four
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Number Four. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
- Number Four is located in Lewis County
- Raquette Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raquette Lake
- Raquette Lake is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raquette Lake <6>
- Belfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Crystal Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
- Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
- Wanakena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanakena
- Wanakena is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wanakena <6>
- Petries Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
- Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
- Jerden Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerden Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerden Falls
- Jerden Falls is located in Lewis County
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 for Woods Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Woods Lake post office opened in 1894.
We also found Woods Lake mentioned on a train schedule titled New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Woods Lake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/
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 Herkimer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woods Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |