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Welcome to West Auburn ...

West Auburn is located in Susquehanna County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Auburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

A typical abbreviation for West Auburn: W. Auburn

West Auburn is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Auburn: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named West Auburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named West Auburn - they are located in Maine and Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Auburn.

Communities near West Auburn ...

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

  • Towanda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tunkhannock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Montrose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Factoryville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Nicholson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Wyalusing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Meshoppen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Monroe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Monroe is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Rome
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rome is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • Laceyville
    (5 miles [8 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 Auburn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Auburn.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Auburn ...

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

Adding West Auburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Auburn post office opened in 1840. The West Auburn post office closed in 1934.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Susquehanna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Auburn - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the West Auburn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the West Auburn 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/