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Welcome to Wiest ...

Wiest is located in Imperial County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wiest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Wiest is near sea level<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Wiest, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Wiest: 760 & 442<3>

Communities near Wiest ...

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

  • El Centro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Brawley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Imperial
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Calipatria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Holtville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Westmorland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Alamorio
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Alamorio is located in Imperial County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
  • Estelle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Estelle is located in Imperial County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
  • Amos ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Amos is located in Imperial County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
  • Niland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wiest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wiest.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wiest ...

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

Adding Wiest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wiest 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 Wiest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wiest post office opened in 1907. The Wiest post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wiest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Imperial, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wiest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Wiest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Wiest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/