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Welcome to Washakie ...

Washakie is located in Box Elder County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Washakie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Washakie is 4,370 feet [1,332 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Washakie is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Washakie lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Washakie: 435

Communities near Washakie ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Washakie ...

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

Adding Washakie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Washakie 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 Washakie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Washakie post office opened in 1884. The Washakie post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Washakie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Box Elder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Washakie - 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.
<4>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/