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Welcome to Wesley Heights ...

Wesley Heights is located in Mecklenburg County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wesley Heights: Wesley Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Wesley Heights is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wesley Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wesley Heights: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Wesley Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wesley Heights - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Wesley Heights ...

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

  • Concord
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gastonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Huntersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Indian Trail
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Matthews
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cornelius
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mint Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fort Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Harrisburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stallings
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wesley Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Mecklenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wesley Heights - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Wesley Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Wesley Heights 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.