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Welcome to Wingville ...

Wingville is located in Baker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wingville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Wingville is 3,390 feet [1,033 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Wingville is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Wingville: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Wingville ...

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

  • Baker City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Baker City is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
    • Baker City has also been known as:
    • Baker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <4>
  • North Powder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Haines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sumpter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Auburn ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Auburn is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Bourne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bourne is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
  • Keating
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Keating is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Medical Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Medical Springs is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
  • Whitney ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitney is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wingville ...

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

Adding Wingville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wingville post office opened in 1871. The Wingville post office closed in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wingville.

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 Wingville - 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 Wingville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Wingville 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/