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Welcome to Waubeek ...

Waubeek is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waubeek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Waubeek is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Waubeek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Waubeek: 319

Communities Also Named Waubeek ...

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

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

Communities near Waubeek ...

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

  • Cedar Rapids
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hiawatha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Anamosa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Monticello
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Robins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Robins is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,570 people
  • Center Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lisbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Central City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waubeek ...

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

Adding Waubeek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waubeek 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 Waubeek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Waubeek post office opened in 1858. The Waubeek post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waubeek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waubeek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/