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Welcome to Wing ...

Wing is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Wing is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Wing: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Wing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Wing - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon and Utah.

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

Communities near Wing ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wing ...

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

Adding Wing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wing post office opened in 1881. The Wing post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wing - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Wing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Wing 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/