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Welcome to Wagoner ...

Wagoner is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wagoner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Wagoner is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wagoner: 417

Communities Also Named Wagoner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Wagoner - they are located in Arizona, California, Indiana (2), Kentucky, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Wagoner ...

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

  • El Dorado Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Stockton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lockwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lockwood is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Fair Play
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jerico Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Dadeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Arcola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Arcola is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • Umber View Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Milford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wagoner ...

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

Adding Wagoner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wagoner post office opened in 1892. The Wagoner post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wagoner.

Footnotes ...

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