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Welcome to Wauponsee ...

Wauponsee is located in Grundy County<1>.

The pronunciation of Wauponsee: wah-PAHN-see<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wauponsee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Wauponsee is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Wauponsee: 815 & 779<4>

Websites for Wauponsee ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.grundychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Wauponsee, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Wauponsee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wauponsee ...

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

Adding Wauponsee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wauponsee 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 Wauponsee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wauponsee post office opened in 1882. The Wauponsee post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wauponsee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Wauponsee. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wauponsee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Wauponsee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Wauponsee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/