Welcome to Wagontire ...

Wagontire is located in Harney County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wagontire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

Wagontire is 4,730 feet [1,442 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Wagontire is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Wagontire lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wagontire: 541 & 458<3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wagontire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wagontire.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wagontire ...

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

Adding Wagontire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wagontire post office opened in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wagontire.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Harney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wagontire - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Wagontire area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Wagontire 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/