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Welcome to Wilhelmina ...

Wilhelmina is located in Todd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilhelmina, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Wilhelmina is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilhelmina: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Wilhelmina ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wilhelmina - they are located in Florida and Missouri.

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

Communities near Wilhelmina ...

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

  • Hopkinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Russellville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Guthrie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pembroke
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Adams
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Adams is located in Robertson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <4>
  • Trenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Allensville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Allensville is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
  • Sharon Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
  • Allegre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Allegre is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilhelmina ...

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

Adding Wilhelmina to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilhelmina post office opened in 1900. The Wilhelmina post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilhelmina.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Todd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilhelmina - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Wilhelmina area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Wilhelmina 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/