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Welcome to Wilton ...

The city of Wilton is located in Waseca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Wilton is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilton: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Wilton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Minnesota communities named Wilton: This one is located in Waseca County and the other is located in Beltrami County.

Beyond Minnesota, there are 21 communities that are also named Wilton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wilton ...

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

  • Owatonna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Waseca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Janesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Medford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Medford is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
  • Madison Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • New Richland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Morristown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Clair
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Elysian
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Wilton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilton ...

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

Adding Wilton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilton post office opened in 1856. The Wilton post office closed in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Waseca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilton - 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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Wilton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Wilton 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/