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Welcome to West Mentor ...

West Mentor is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Mentor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for West Mentor: W. Mentor

West Mentor is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Mentor: 440 & 436<3>

Communities near West Mentor ...

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

  • Euclid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <4>
  • Cleveland Heights
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaker Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Willoughby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Solon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <4>
  • South Euclid
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Painesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayfield Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eastlake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Cleveland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Mentor ...

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

Adding West Mentor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Mentor in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Mentor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Mentor post office opened in 1877. The West Mentor post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Mentor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Mentor - 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 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the West Mentor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the West Mentor 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/