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Welcome to Wysox ...

Wysox is located in Ohio County<1>.

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

Wysox is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Wysox: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Wysox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wysox - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Wysox ...

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

  • Central City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Greenville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Beaver Dam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Morgantown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Livermore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Powderly
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Drakesboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wysox ...

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

Adding Wysox to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wysox post office opened in 1900. The Wysox post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wysox.

Footnotes ...

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