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Welcome to Wainwright ...

Wainwright is located in Callaway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wainwright, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Wainwright is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wainwright: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Wainwright ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Wainwright - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Ohio (2), Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Communities near Wainwright ...

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

  • Jefferson City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson City is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
    • Jefferson City has also been known as:
    • Jeff City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
  • Holts Summit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wardsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wardsville is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Linn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
  • Saint Martins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
  • Taos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • New Bloomfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Chamois
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Westphalia
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Wainwright. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wainwright.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wainwright ...

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

Adding Wainwright to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wainwright post office opened in 1893. The Wainwright post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wainwright.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Callaway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wainwright - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Wainwright area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Wainwright 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/