Welcome to Wilson ...

So far, we found very little information about Wilson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wilson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Wilson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Wilson, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Wilson , we believe that it would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Time Zone: The area where Wilson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Wilson was located: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Wilson ...

While we believe that this Wilson is located in Marion County, we know of another 3 Ohio communities named Wilson. Those communities are located in the following counties: Adams, Madison and Monroe County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 85 communities that are also named Wilson - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (6), Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina (3), Oklahoma (3), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (5), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (4), Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming (2).

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

Adding Wilson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilson post office opened in 1848.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilson.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Wilson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Wilson area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/