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Welcome to Wager ...So far, we found very little information about Wager. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wager to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wager, please Contact Us. Wager would have been located within present day Benton County<2>. The location of Wager has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Wager, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wager is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Wager was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Wager would have been located in the (479) area code. Communities near Wager ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wager.
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 Wager. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wager. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wager. 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 Wager. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wager. See our Newspapers Page for Wager. Adding Wager to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wager 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 for Wager was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Wager on a map titled William Bradley Map (1889). For more details, see References and Mentions for Wager. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Benton County: www.co.benton.ar.us/ The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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