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Welcome to West Toledo ...

West Toledo is located in Lucas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Toledo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

A typical abbreviation for West Toledo: W. Toledo

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

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

Area Codes for West Toledo: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near West Toledo ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Toledo ...

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

Adding West Toledo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Toledo post office opened in 1876. The West Toledo post office closed in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lucas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Toledo - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the West Toledo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the West Toledo 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/