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Welcome to Weatherby ...

Weatherby is located in Baker County<1>.

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

Weatherby is 2,410 feet [735 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Weatherby is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Weatherby and travel west, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Weatherby: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Weatherby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Weatherby - they are located in Florida and Missouri.

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

Communities near Weatherby ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weatherby ...

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

Adding Weatherby to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Weatherby post office opened in 1879.

We also found Weatherby in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weatherby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weatherby - 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 Weatherby area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Weatherby area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<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/