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Welcome to Wewahotee ...

Wewahotee is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wewahotee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1933.

Wewahotee is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Wewahotee and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Wewahotee: 407 & 689<3>

Communities near Wewahotee ...

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

  • Orlando
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Cloud
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oviedo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <4>
  • Winter Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Belle Isle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Belle Isle is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Isle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,294 people
  • Edgewood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Wedgefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wedgefield is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgefield
  • Bithlo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bithlo is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bithlo
  • Christmas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Hart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Hart is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wewahotee ...

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

Adding Wewahotee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wewahotee post office opened in 1933. The Wewahotee post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wewahotee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wewahotee - 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 407 code has been Overlayed with the 689 area code. New phone numbers in the Wewahotee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 407 or 689. As a result, placing a call in the Wewahotee 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/