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Welcome to Wandel ...

Wandel is located in Kingfisher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wandel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Wandel is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wandel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wandel: 405 & 572<3>

Communities near Wandel ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wandel ...

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

Adding Wandel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wandel post office opened in 1890. The Wandel post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wandel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Kingfisher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wandel - 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 405 code has been Overlayed with the 572 area code. New phone numbers in the Wandel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 405 or 572. As a result, placing a call in the Wandel 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/