Welcome to Willcox (aka 'Wilcox Roost') ...

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

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

While we don't have the exact location of Willcox <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Trego County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willcox, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Time Zone: The area where Willcox was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Willcox was located: 785

The community of Willcox has also been called Wilcox Roost.

Communities Also Named Willcox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Willcox - they are located in Arizona and Mississippi.

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

Adding Willcox to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Willcox was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Willcox post office opened in 1879.

We also found Willcox in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willcox.

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 Willcox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Trego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Willcox is also known as Wilcox Roost. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Willcox.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/