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Welcome to Wendelin ...

Wendelin is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wendelin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Wendelin is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Wendelin (for example, toward Vincennes (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Wendelin: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Wendelin ...

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

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

Communities near Wendelin ...

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

  • Olney
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Olney is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <4>
  • Flora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Newton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Louisville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Clay City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Noble
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dieterich
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sainte Marie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Claremont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wendelin ...

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

Adding Wendelin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wendelin post office opened in 1899. The Wendelin post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wendelin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wendelin - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Wendelin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Wendelin 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/