Welcome to Fond du Lac ...

Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fond du Lac, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Fond du Lac is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fond du Lac lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Fond du Lac: 218

Communities Also Named Fond du Lac ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Fond du Lac - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Saskatchewan and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fond du Lac.

Communities near Fond du Lac ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fond du Lac.

• Duluth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <3>
• Superior
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Superior is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
• Cloquet
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloquet is located in Carlton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloquet
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloquet <3>
• Hermantown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hermantown is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermantown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,504 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermantown <3>
• Proctor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <3>
• Carlton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Carlton is located in Carlton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <3>
• Scanlon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Scanlon is located in Carlton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
• Superior Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Superior Village is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
• Wrenshall
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrenshall is located in Carlton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrenshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrenshall <3>
• Oliver
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oliver is located in Douglas County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people

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 Fond du Lac. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fond du Lac.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fond du Lac ...

Looking for more information about Fond du Lac? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fond du Lac, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fond du Lac.

Adding Fond du Lac to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fond du Lac 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 (so far) for Fond du Lac was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fond du Lac post office opened in 1857. The Fond du Lac post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fond du Lac.