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Welcome to Heaton ...

Heaton is located in Wells County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heaton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Heaton is 1,700 feet [518 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Heaton: 701

Communities Also Named Heaton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Heaton - they are located in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Heaton ...

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

  • Carrington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fessenden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bowdon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sykeston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hurdsfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Cathay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamberg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Chaseley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bremen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Guptill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Guptill is located in Foster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guptill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heaton ...

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

Adding Heaton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heaton post office opened in 1903. The Heaton post office closed in 1994.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heaton.

Footnotes ...

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