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Welcome to Wenona ...

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

We've added Wenona to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wenona, please Contact Us.


Wenona would have been located within present day Bay County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wenona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.

Time Zone: The area where Wenona was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Wenona was located: 989

Going back to its beginning, Wenona was originally named Lake City. For more information about the names of Wenona, see The Names of Wenona on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Wenona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Wenona - they are located in Georgia (2), Illinois, Maryland and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Wenona ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Wenona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wenona in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wenona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wenona post office opened in 1865. The Wenona post office closed in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wenona.

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 Wenona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/