Welcome to Wezel ...So far, we found very little information about Wezel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wezel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wezel, please Contact Us. Wezel would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wezel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wezel is 4,790 feet [1,460 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wezel is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wezel was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Wezel was located: 719 Communities near Wezel ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Wezel.
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 Wezel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wezel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wezel. 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 Wezel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wezel. See our Newspapers Page for Wezel. Adding Wezel to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wezel 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 Wezel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wezel. Footnotes ...
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