For researching town names, it's hard to beat the website, www.placesnamed.com
Here you would find, for instance, that there is also a Nunda, Ohio, and a Nunda, South Dakota. They might even have been founded by disgruntled Nunda-ians who left New York and kept moving west. Typical entry below:
Nunda
Nunda, New York, United States [Populated Place] is in Livingston County; location is 42°34'46"N 77°56'34"W; elevation is 944 feet [SourceGSP] Nunda, New York, United States [Village]; population was 1,347 in 1990; housing units was 513 in 1990; location is 42°35'N 77°56'W; land area is 0.90 square miles (577 acres); FIPS code is 54078 [SourceCBP] Nunda, New York, United States Postal Service Zip Code is 14517 [SourcePSZ] Nunda, Ohio, United States [Place] is in Knox County; location is 40°32'7"N 82°21'37"W; elevation is 1,239 feet [SourceGSP] Nunda, South Dakota, United States [Populated Place] is in Lake County; location is 44°9'44"N 97°1'7"W [SourceGSP] Nunda, South Dakota, United States [Town]; population was 45 in 1990; housing units was 28 in 1990; location is 44°10'N 97°1'W; land area is 1.00 square miles (641 acres); FIPS code is 46060 [SourceCBP] Nunda, South Dakota, United States Postal Service Zip Code is 57050 [SourcePSZ] |