Welcome to Van Wert ...The city of Van Wert is located in Van Wert County<1> and is the County Seat for Van Wert County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Van Wert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Van Wert for more information about variations on the name of Van Wert. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Van Wert has a population of 10,644 people<2> (see below for details). Van Wert is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Van Wert lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Van Wert: 419 & 567<4> The ZIP code for Van Wert: 45891<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Van Wert had an population of 10,644 people. This is a decrease of 1.86% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.43% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Van Wert had a population of 10,846 people (or 37.82% of the total population of Van Wert County). This makes Van Wert the county's most populous community. The population of Van Wert represents 0.09% of the total population of Ohio (which has 11,536,504 people), making it the state's 162nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 10,846 people, the population of Van Wert increased 1.46% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,690 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Van Wert. Communities Also Named Van Wert ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Van Wert - they are located in Georgia, Iowa and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Van Wert. Websites for Van Wert ...Official Website: www.vanwert.org/vwcity/ Chamber of Commerce: www.vanwertchamber.com/ Communities near Van Wert ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Van Wert.
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 Van Wert. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Van Wert. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Van Wert. 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 Van Wert. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Van Wert. Our list includes 23 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Van Wert. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Van Wert ...Looking for more information about Van Wert? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Van Wert, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Van Wert. Adding Van Wert to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Van Wert 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 Van Wert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Wert. Footnotes ...
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