Welcome to Spring Lake ...
Spring Lake is located in Waushara County<1>.
The location of Spring Lake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
A typical abbreviation for Spring Lake: Spring Lk.
Spring Lake is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Spring Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Spring Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Spring Lake - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota (3), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Lake.
Communities near Spring Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spring Lake.
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Wautoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Redgranite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Montello
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Westfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Green Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Wild Rose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Coloma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Neshkoro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Spring Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spring Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spring Lake. 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 Spring Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Spring Lake.
Adding Spring Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Spring Lake post office opened in 1852.
We also found Spring Lake in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Lake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Waushara County: www.1waushara.com/
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 Waushara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |