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Welcome to Wapinitia ...

Wapinitia is located in Wasco County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wapinitia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Wapinitia is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wapinitia: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Wapinitia ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wapinitia ...

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

Adding Wapinitia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wapinitia post office opened in 1878. The Wapinitia post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wapinitia.

Footnotes ...

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