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Welcome to Wauna ...

Wauna is located on Puget Sound.

Wauna is located in Pierce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wauna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Wauna is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Wauna lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wauna: 253 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Wauna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wauna - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Wauna ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wauna ...

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

Adding Wauna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wauna post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wauna.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wauna - 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 253 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Wauna area will be assigned with one of these codes: 253 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Wauna 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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