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Welcome to Wikel ...

Wikel is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wikel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Wikel is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Wikel is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Wikel: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Wikel ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wikel ...

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

Adding Wikel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wikel 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 Wikel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Wikel post office opened in 1892.

We also found Wikel on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wikel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wikel - 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 Wikel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Wikel 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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