Welcome to Reserve ...
Reserve is located in Sawyer County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Reserve, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Reserve is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Reserve lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area codes for Reserve: (715) and (534)<3>
Communities Also Named Reserve ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Reserve - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reserve.
Communities near Reserve ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Reserve.
- Hayward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Birchwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Winter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Radisson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Exeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Couderay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Chief Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Little Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Stone Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- New Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
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 Reserve. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reserve.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Reserve. 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 Reserve.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Reserve. See our Newspapers Page for Reserve.
Adding Reserve to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Reserve 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 Reserve was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Reserve post office opened in 1887.
We also found Reserve in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Reserve.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Reserve. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sawyer County: www.sawyercountygov.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sawyer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reserve - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | Area code (534) is an overlay for area code (715). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |