In 2009, archaeologists announced the discovery of an Iron Age (late Hallstatt or early La Tène) tumulus burial, apparently of a Celtic nobleman.

Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[5] The municipality is located in the Züricher Weinland on the border with the canton of Thurgau on the southern slope of the Stammerberg.

For a short time (1853–86) Wilen bei Neunforn, together with the Thurgau section of the hamlet, was an independent municipality.

[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[4] Stammheim railway station, situated in the neighbouring municipality of Unterstammheim, is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S29, which links Winterthur and Stein am Rhein.