Welcome to Spirit Falls ...

Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County<1>.

The location of Spirit Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spirit Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

Spirit Falls is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Spirit Falls lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Spirit Falls: (715) and (534)<4>

Communities near Spirit Falls ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spirit Falls.

• Tomahawk
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
• Rib Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
  • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
• Prentice
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
  • Prentice is located in Price County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
• Jersey City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jersey City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
  • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
• Harshaw
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
  • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
• Harrison
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
• Merrill
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
  • Merrill is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
• Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
  • Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
• Gleason
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
  • Gleason is located in Lincoln County
• Hamburg
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Hamburg is located in Marathon 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 Spirit Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spirit Falls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spirit Falls. 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 Spirit Falls.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spirit Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Spirit Falls.

Adding Spirit Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spirit Falls 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 Spirit Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spirit Falls post office opened in 1900.

We also found Spirit Falls on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spirit Falls.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spirit Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/