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Welcome to Wilmot Flat ...

Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilmot Flat, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1832.

A typical abbreviation for Wilmot Flat: Wilmot Flt.

Wilmot Flat is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wilmot Flat: 603

Communities near Wilmot Flat ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilmot Flat ...

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

Adding Wilmot Flat to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilmot Flat 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 for Wilmot Flat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wilmot Flat post office opened in 1832.

We also found Wilmot Flat in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilmot Flat.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Merrimack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilmot Flat - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/