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Welcome to Wrencoe ...

Wrencoe is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Wrencoe is located in Bonner County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wrencoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Wrencoe is 2,090 feet [637 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wrencoe lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Wrencoe (for example, toward Libby (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Wrencoe: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Wrencoe ...

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

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

Communities near Wrencoe ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wrencoe ...

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

Adding Wrencoe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wrencoe post office opened in 1901. The Wrencoe post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wrencoe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bonner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wrencoe - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Wrencoe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Wrencoe 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/