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Welcome to Wetumpka ...

Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wetumpka, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Wetumpka is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wetumpka lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Wetumpka (for example, toward Blountstown), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Wetumpka: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Wetumpka ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wetumpka - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Wetumpka ...

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

  • Quincy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Midway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Havana
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gretna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Greensboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
  • Hosford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sycamore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
  • Telogia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wetumpka ...

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

Adding Wetumpka to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wetumpka post office opened in 1873. The Wetumpka post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wetumpka.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Gadsden, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wetumpka - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Wetumpka area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Wetumpka 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/