Welcome to Wauwinet ...
Wauwinet is located on Nantucket Island.
Wauwinet is located in Nantucket County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wauwinet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.
Wauwinet is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Wauwinet lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Wauwinet: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Wauwinet ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wauwinet.
- Nantucket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nantucket is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantucket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,376 people
- Siasconset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Siasconset is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siasconset
- Harwich Port
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harwich Port is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwich Port
- Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chatham is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,994 people
- Dennis Port
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dennis Port is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Port
- Harwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,144 people
- South Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Chatham is located in Barnstable County
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- South Harwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Harwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harwich
- West Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Chatham is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chatham
- West Dennis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dennis
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 Wauwinet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wauwinet.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wauwinet. 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 Wauwinet.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wauwinet. See our Newspapers Page for Wauwinet.
Adding Wauwinet to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Wauwinet 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 Wauwinet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Wauwinet post office opened in 1897. The Wauwinet post office closed in 1898.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wauwinet.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Nantucket, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wauwinet - 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Wauwinet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Wauwinet area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |