Welcome to West Bend ...The city of West Bend is located in Washington County<1> and is the County Seat for Washington County. While we don't have a date for the founding of West Bend, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. A typical abbreviation for West Bend: W. Bend See our Genealogy Helper Page for West Bend for more information about variations on the name of West Bend. From the Census Estimates for 2019, West Bend has a population of 31,622 people<2> (see below for details). West Bend is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: West Bend lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for West Bend: 262 The ZIP codes for West Bend: 53090, 53095<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, West Bend had an population of 31,622 people. This is an increase of 1.75% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 12.33% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, West Bend had a population of 31,078 people (or 23.55% of the total population of Washington County). This makes West Bend the county's most populous community. The population of West Bend represents 0.55% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 25th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 31,078 people, the population of West Bend increased 10.39% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 28,152 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for West Bend. Communities Also Named West Bend ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named West Bend - they are located in Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Saskatchewan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Bend. Websites for West Bend ...Chamber of Commerce: www.wbchamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to West Bend, the following might be of interest: Communities near West Bend ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Bend.
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 West Bend. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Bend. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Bend. 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 West Bend. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Bend. Our list includes 17 papers. See our Newspapers Page for West Bend. Adding West Bend to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of West Bend 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 West Bend was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for West Bend. Footnotes ...
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