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Welcome to Wyatt ...

So far, we found very little information about Wyatt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wyatt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wyatt, please Contact Us.


Wyatt would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.


The location of Wyatt has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Wyatt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wyatt is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wyatt was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Wyatt would have been located in the (540) area code.

Communities Also Named Wyatt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Wyatt - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Wyatt ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Salem City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
  • Radford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
    • Radford is located in Bedford County
  • Vinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Mount
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Troutville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Boones Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Garden City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Roanoke City
  • Montgomery Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
    • Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
  • Westlake Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
    • Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County

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

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

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

Adding Wyatt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wyatt in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wyatt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wyatt post office opened in 1886.

We also found Wyatt in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wyatt.

The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincountyva.org/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wyatt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wyatt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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