Welcome to Wing ...

Wing is located in Baker County<1>.

The location of Wing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Wing is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Wing is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Wing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Wing and travel south, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Telephone area codes for Wing: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Wing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Wing - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota and Utah.

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

Communities near Wing ...

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

• Baker City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
  • Baker City is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
  • Baker City has also been known as:
  • Baker
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <5>
• North Powder
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Powder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Powder
  • North Powder is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Powder <5>
• Haines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
  • Haines is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haines <5>
• Sumpter
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
  • Sumpter is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumpter <5>
• Pocahontas ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocahontas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
• Auburn ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Baker County
• Hutchinson ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
• Keating
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Keating is located in Baker County
• Bourne
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
  • Bourne is located in Baker County
• Whitney ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Whitney is located in Baker County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wing ...

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

Adding Wing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wing 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 for Wing was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Wing mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/