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Welcome to Wewanta ...

Wewanta is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wewanta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Wewanta is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wewanta lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wewanta: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Wewanta ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wewanta ...

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

Adding Wewanta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wewanta post office opened in 1903. The Wewanta post office closed in 1947.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wewanta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wewanta - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Wewanta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Wewanta 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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