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Welcome to Wheat Ridge ...

Wheat Ridge is located in Davis County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wheat Ridge: Wheat Rdg. (or less commonly used: Wheat Rdge. or Wheat Ridg.)

Wheat Ridge is 4,640 feet [1,414 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Wheat Ridge is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Wheat Ridge: 801 & 385<3>

Communities Also Named Wheat Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wheat Ridge - they are located in Colorado and Ohio.

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

Communities near Wheat Ridge ...

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

  • Ogden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ogden is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
    • Former names for Ogden:
    • Brownsville
    • Fort Buenaventura
    • Ogden has also been known as:
    • Ogden City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <4>
  • Bountiful
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bountiful is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,921 people
    • Former names for Bountiful:
    • Calls Settlement
    • North Canyon Settlement
    • North Canyon Ward
    • North Mill Creek Canyon Ward
    • Sessions Settlement
    • Stoker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bountiful <4>
  • Roy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Roy is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <4>
  • Syracuse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clearfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • North Salt Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • North Ogden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • West Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheat Ridge ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Davis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wheat Ridge - 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 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Wheat Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Wheat Ridge 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.