Welcome to Wilber ...

So far, we found very little information about Wilber. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wilber to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Wilber - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Wilber, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Wilber , we believe that it would have been located within present day Republic County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilber, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

The Area Code where Wilber was located: 785

Communities Also Named Wilber ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Wilber - they are located in Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

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

Adding Wilber to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Wilber was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Wilber post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilber.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilber, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Republic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/