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Welcome to Wangle Junction ...

Wangle Junction is located in Floyd County<1>.

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

Wangle Junction is 2,430 feet [741 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Wangle Junction is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Wangle Junction: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Wangle Junction ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Christiansburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Radford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pulaski
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Dublin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Floyd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Duncan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Duncan is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
  • Childress
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Childress is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
  • Sowers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sowers is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
  • Indian Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wangle Junction ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wangle 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Wangle Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Wangle 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.