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Welcome to Wymer ...

Wymer is located in Kittitas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wymer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Wymer is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Wymer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wymer - they are located in Kansas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Wymer ...

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

  • Yakima
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ellensburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Selah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Union Gap
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Moxee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kittitas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Tieton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Naches
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Siding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hillside Siding is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Siding
  • Eschbach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eschbach is located in Yakima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eschbach

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wymer ...

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

Adding Wymer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wymer 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 Wymer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wymer post office opened in 1912. The Wymer post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wymer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Kittitas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wymer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/