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Welcome to Waldo ...

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

We've added Waldo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Waldo, please Contact Us.


Waldo would have been located within present day Josephine County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Waldo, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Waldo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

Time Zone: The area where Waldo was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Waldo would have been located in the (541) & (458)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Waldo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Waldo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Waldo ...

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

  • Cave Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Junction
    • Cave Junction is located in Josephine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave Junction <6>
  • Kerby
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Selma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Gasquet
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Williams
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Happy Camp
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilderville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Copper ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Copper is located in Jackson County
  • Murphy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Hope
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • New Hope is located in Josephine County

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

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

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

Adding Waldo to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Waldo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Waldo post office opened in 1856.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waldo.

The official website for Josephine County: www.co.josephine.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 Waldo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Josephine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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