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Welcome to Wetmore ...

Wetmore is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wetmore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

Wetmore is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wetmore: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Wetmore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Wetmore - they are located in Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Wetmore ...

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

  • Portsmouth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Waverly City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
    • Waverly City is located in Pike County
    • Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
  • Waverly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Piketon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • New Boston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • New Boston is located in Scioto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Boston <4>
  • South Shore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • South Webster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Webster
    • South Webster is located in Scioto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Webster <4>
  • Beaver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Pike County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
  • Rarden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rarden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rarden
    • Rarden is located in Scioto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rarden <4>
  • Otway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otway
    • Otway is located in Scioto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otway <4>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Otway
    • From Wetmore to Otway

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wetmore ...

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

Adding Wetmore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wetmore in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wetmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Wetmore post office opened in 1868.

We also found Wetmore in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wetmore.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wetmore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wetmore - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Wetmore area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Wetmore 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.
<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>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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