Est. ca. 1879 with opening of
post office. "Wawantepekook"
meaning "Round Head Place"
was name given nearby hill
by local indigenous peoples. — — Map (db m181009) HM
Original farmhouse constructed
ca. 1839 by Elihu Slater, early
Cairo settler. Purchased in 1863
and expanded into a boarding
house by Henry Barber Whitcomb. — — Map (db m269083) HM