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Welcome to Wendover ...So far, we found very little information about Wendover. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wendover to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wendover, please Contact Us. Wendover would have been located within present day Platte County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Wendover, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Wendover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wendover is 4,440 feet [1,353 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Wendover is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wendover was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Wendover would have been located in the (307) area code. Communities Also Named Wendover ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wyoming communities named Wendover: This one is located in Platte County and the other is located in Laramie County. Beyond Wyoming, there are 5 communities that are also named Wendover - they are located in Kentucky, Nevada, Ontario and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wendover. Communities near Wendover ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wendover.
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 Wendover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wendover. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wendover. 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 Wendover. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wendover. See our Newspapers Page for Wendover. Adding Wendover to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wendover 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 Wendover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wendover. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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