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Welcome to Abbotsford ...The city of Abbotsford is primarily located in Clark County<1>. A portion of Abbotsford extends into Marathon County. The location of Abbotsford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbotsford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. Several communities named Abbotsford share the same reason for their choice of Abbotsford. We're speculating that it might apply here: Named after the home of Sir Walter Scott - 'Abbotsford House'. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Abbotsford has a population of 2,252 people<3> (see below for details). Abbotsford is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Abbotsford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Abbotsford: (715) and (534)<5> The ZIP code for Abbotsford: 54405<6> Websites for Abbotsford ...Official Website: www.ci.abbotsford.wi.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Abbotsford had an population of 2,252 people. This is a decrease of 2.51% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 15.13% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Abbotsford had a population of 2,310 people (which is 6.66% of the total population of Clark County). This makes Abbotsford the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Abbotsford represents 0.04% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 386th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,310 people, the population of Abbotsford increased 18.1% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,956 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Abbotsford. Communities Also Named Abbotsford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Abbotsford - they are located in British Columbia, Michigan, North Dakota and Quebec. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Abbotsford. Communities near Abbotsford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Abbotsford.
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 Abbotsford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Abbotsford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Abbotsford. 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 Abbotsford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Abbotsford. See our Newspapers Page for Abbotsford. Adding Abbotsford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Abbotsford 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 Abbotsford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Abbotsford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbotsford. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Abbotsford: www.ci.abbotsford.wi.us/ The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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