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Welcome to Wylie ...

Wylie is located in Red Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wylie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Wylie is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wylie: 218

Communities Also Named Wylie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Minnesota communities named Wylie: This one is located in Red Lake County and the other is located in Polk County.

Beyond Minnesota, there are 6 communities that are also named Wylie - they are located in Missouri, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Wylie ...

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

  • Thief River Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Crookston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Plummer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Saint Hilaire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Brooks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Viking
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Viking is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Dorothy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • Gentilly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Euclid
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wylie ...

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

Adding Wylie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wylie post office opened in 1883. The Wylie post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wylie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Red Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wylie - 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/