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Welcome to Wheaton ...The city of Wheaton is located in Traverse County<1> and is the County Seat for Traverse County. We aren't confident of the location of Wheaton, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Wheaton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Wheaton has a population of 1,287 people<3> (see below for details). Wheaton is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Wheaton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Wheaton is located in the (320) area code. The ZIP code for Wheaton: 56296<5> Websites for Wheaton ...Official Website: www.cityofwheaton.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wheaton had an population of 1,287 people. This is a decrease of 9.62% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 20.51% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Wheaton had a population of 1,424 people (or 40.02% of the total population of Traverse County). This makes Wheaton the county's most populous community. The population of Wheaton represents 0.03% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 300th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,424 people, the population of Wheaton decreased 12.04% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,619 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Wheaton. Communities Also Named Wheaton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Wheaton - they are located in Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri (2) and Montana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wheaton. Communities near Wheaton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wheaton.
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 Wheaton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wheaton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wheaton. 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 Wheaton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheaton. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wheaton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheaton ...Looking for more information about Wheaton? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Wheaton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wheaton. Adding Wheaton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wheaton 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 for Wheaton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Wheaton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Wheaton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Wheaton: www.cityofwheaton.com/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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