Welcome to Wassonville ...

So far, we found very little information about Wassonville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wassonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wassonville, please Contact Us.

Wassonville would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

The location of Wassonville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wassonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wassonville is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wassonville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Wassonville would have been located in the (319) area code.

Communities near Wassonville ...

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

• Washington
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,206 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <5>
• Tiffin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
  • Tiffin is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiffin <5>
• Williamsburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg is located in Iowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <5>
• Kalona
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
  • Kalona is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <5>
• Riverside
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <5>
• North English
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North English
  • North English is located in Iowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North English <5>
• Keota
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
  • Keota is located in Keokuk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keota <5>
• Hills
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
  • Hills is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hills <5>
• Oxford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
• Parnell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parnell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
  • Parnell is located in Iowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parnell <5>

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

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

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

Adding Wassonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wassonville 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 Wassonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wassonville post office opened in 1849.

We also found Wassonville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wassonville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/