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Welcome to Wax ...

Wax is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Wax is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Wax: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Wax ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wax - they are located in Iowa and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Wax ...

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

  • Rome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cartersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ligon ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ligon is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
  • Cedartown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Adairsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockmart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Euharlee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Seney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Seney is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Summerville Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
  • Forrister
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Forrister is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wax ...

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

Adding Wax to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wax post office opened in 1894. The Wax post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wax.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wax - 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Wax area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Wax 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/