Welcome to Wheatland ...The town of Wheatland is located in Platte County<1> (at the time of its founding, Wheatland was located in Laramie County) and is the County Seat for Platte County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wheatland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Wheatland has a population of 3,494 people<2> (see below for details). Wheatland is 4,760 feet [1,451 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wheatland is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Wheatland lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Wheatland (for example, toward Henry (NE)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Wheatland: 307 The ZIP code for Wheatland: 82201<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wheatland had an population of 3,494 people. This is a decrease of 3.67% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.52% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Wheatland had a population of 3,627 people (which is 41.86% of the total population of Platte County). This makes Wheatland the county's most populous community. The population of Wheatland represents 0.64% of the population of Wyoming (which has 563,626 people), making it the state's 19th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,627 people, the population of Wheatland increased 2.23% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,548 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Wheatland. 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 Wisconsin. 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.
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. Our list includes 8 papers. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Wheatland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wheatland. Footnotes ...
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