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Welcome to Waldron ...

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

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

Waldron would have been located within present day Wheeler County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waldron, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Waldron is 2,770 feet [844 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Waldron is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Waldron was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Waldron ...

While we believe that this Waldron is located in Wheeler County, we know of another 2 Oregon communities named Waldron. Those communities are located in the following counties: Benton and Crook County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 11 communities that are also named Waldron - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan and Washington.

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

Communities near Waldron ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Waldron to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waldron 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 Waldron was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Waldron post office opened in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waldron.

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 Waldron, 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 Wheeler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waldron - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Waldron area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Waldron area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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