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Welcome to Wetsel ...

Wetsel is located in Van Wert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wetsel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Wetsel is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wetsel: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Wetsel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wetsel - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Wetsel ...

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

  • Van Wert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Delphos
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Paulding
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Spencerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Columbus Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Elida
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elida is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
  • Kalida
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Payne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Payne is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <4>
  • Continental
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Convoy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wetsel ...

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

Adding Wetsel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wetsel 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 Wetsel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wetsel post office opened in 1882. The Wetsel post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wetsel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Van Wert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wetsel - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Wetsel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Wetsel 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>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/