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Welcome to Wetmore ...

Wetmore is located on the South Texas Plains.

Wetmore is located in Bexar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wetmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Wetmore is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wetmore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Wetmore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Wetmore - they are located in Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee (2).

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

Communities near Wetmore ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wetmore ...

Looking for more information about Wetmore? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Wetmore, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wetmore.

Adding Wetmore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wetmore 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 Wetmore was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wetmore.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bexar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wetmore - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.