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Welcome to Wampoo ...

Wampoo is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wampoo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Wampoo is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wampoo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Wampoo: 501

Communities near Wampoo ...

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

  • Little Rock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • North Little Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • White Hall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lonoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Shannon Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
  • England
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wrightsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
  • Redfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Humnoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Keo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keo is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keo <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wampoo ...

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

Adding Wampoo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wampoo 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 (so far) for Wampoo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wampoo post office opened in 1872. The Wampoo post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wampoo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Pulaski, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wampoo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/