Welcome to Wingville ...

Wingville is located in Baker County<1>.

The location of Wingville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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.<3> 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).

Telephone area codes for Wingville: (541) & (458)<4>

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
  • Baker City is located in Baker County
  • 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 <5>
• North Powder
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Powder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Powder
  • North Powder is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Powder <5>
• Haines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
  • Haines is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haines <5>
• Sumpter
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
  • Sumpter is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumpter <5>
• Auburn ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Baker County
• Hutchinson ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
• Bourne
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
  • Bourne is located in Baker County
• Keating
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Keating is located in Baker County
• Whitney ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Whitney is located in Baker County
• Cabell City
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabell City
  • Cabell City is located in Grant 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 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 for Wingville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wingville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wingville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

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