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Welcome to Wheatfield ...

Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wheatfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

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

Area Codes for Wheatfield: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Wheatfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wheatfield - they are located in Indiana, Michigan and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Wheatfield ...

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

  • Winchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Front Royal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Strasburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodstock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stephens City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Middletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyce
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Capon Bridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Toms Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wardensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheatfield ...

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

Adding Wheatfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wheatfield post office opened in 1873. The Wheatfield post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wheatfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Shenandoah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wheatfield - 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 Wheatfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Wheatfield 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.
<5>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/