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Welcome to Wago Junction ...

Wago Junction is located in York County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wago Junction: Wago Jct. (or less commonly used: Wago Jctn.)

Wago Junction is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wago Junction lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wago Junction: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Wago Junction ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • York
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Elizabethtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Middletown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Millersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mount Joy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Camp Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Palmyra
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wago Junction ...

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

Adding Wago Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wago Junction 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 Wago Junction was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wago Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wago Junction - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Wago Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Wago Junction 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.