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Welcome to Wheatland ...

Wheatland is located in Kenosha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wheatland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Wheatland is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wheatland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Wheatland: 262

Communities Also Named Wheatland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Wheatland - they are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Texas (4), Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Wheatland ...

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

  • Kenosha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
  • McHenry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • McHenry is located in McHenry County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McHenry <3>
  • Mount Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
  • Round Lake Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Prairie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
  • Grayslake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Salem Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
    • Former names for Salem Lakes:
    • Salem
    • Silver Lake
  • Antioch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Antioch is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,174 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antioch <3>
  • Lindenhurst
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lindenhurst is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
    • Lindenhurst has also been known as:
    • Lindenhurst village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheatland ...

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

Adding Wheatland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wheatland 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 Wheatland was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wheatland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Kenosha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wheatland - 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.