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Welcome to Wrentham ...

Wrentham is located in Wasco County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wrentham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Wrentham is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wrentham: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Wrentham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wrentham - they are located in Alberta and Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Wrentham ...

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

  • The Dalles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • City of The Dalles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
  • Dufur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wasco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Moro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Moro is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <4>
  • Rufus
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grass Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyd ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyd is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  • Fairbanks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fairbanks is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
  • Celilo Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Celilo Village is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wrentham ...

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

Adding Wrentham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wrentham post office opened in 1900. The Wrentham post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wrentham.

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