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Welcome to Chetek ...The city of Chetek is located in Barron County<1>. The location of Chetek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Chetek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Chetek has a population of 2,095 people<3> (see below for details). Chetek is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Chetek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Chetek: (715) and (534)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Chetek had an population of 2,095 people. This is a decrease of 5.67% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.9% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Chetek had a population of 2,221 people. This makes Chetek the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Chetek represents 0.04% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 395th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,221 people, the population of Chetek increased 1.88% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,180 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Chetek. Communities near Chetek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chetek.
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 Chetek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chetek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chetek. 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 Chetek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chetek. See our Newspapers Page for Chetek. Adding Chetek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Chetek 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 Chetek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Chetek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Chetek. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chetek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Barron County: www.co.barron.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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