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Welcome to Wrightstown ...

Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wrightstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Wrightstown is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wrightstown: 218

Communities Also Named Wrightstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Wrightstown - they are located in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wrightstown ...

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

  • Wadena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Wadena is located in Otter Tail County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadena <3>
  • Staples
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • New York Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Parkers Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Henning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Clarissa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Verndale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bertha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Miltona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wrightstown ...

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

Adding Wrightstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wrightstown post office opened in 1875. The Wrightstown post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wrightstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Otter Tail, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wrightstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/