Welcome to Wake ...
So far, we found very little information about Wake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wake, please Contact Us.
Wake was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Wake would have been located within present day Baxter County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Wake is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Wake was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Wake was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities Also Named Wake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wake - they are located in North Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wake.
Communities near Wake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wake.
- Mountain Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Calico Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cotter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Norfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
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 Wake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wake. 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 Wake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wake. See our Newspapers Page for Wake.
Adding Wake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Wake 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 (so far) for Wake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Wake post office opened in 1890. The Wake post office closed in 1914.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Wake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Wake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |