Welcome to Wakeland ...Wakeland is located in Morgan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wakeland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. Wakeland is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Wakeland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Wakeland (for example, toward Vermilion (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Wakeland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wakeland - it's located in Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wakeland. Communities near Wakeland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wakeland.
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 Wakeland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wakeland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wakeland. 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 Wakeland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakeland. See our Newspapers Page for Wakeland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wakeland ...Looking for more information about Wakeland? 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 Wakeland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wakeland. Adding Wakeland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wakeland 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 Wakeland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wakeland. Footnotes ...
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