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Welcome to Deunquat ...

Deunquat is located in Wyandot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deunquat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Deunquat is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Deunquat ...

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

  • Tiffin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bucyrus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Sandusky
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
  • Carey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Carey is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carey <3>
  • New Washington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bloomville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Attica
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Nevada
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Republic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Morral
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Morral is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 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 Deunquat. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Deunquat.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deunquat ...

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

Adding Deunquat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Deunquat post office opened in 1830. The Deunquat post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deunquat.

Footnotes ...

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