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Welcome to Annaton ...

Annaton is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Annaton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Annaton is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Annaton: 608 & 353<3>

Communities near Annaton ...

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

  • Platteville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Platteville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
  • Lancaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Boscobel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boscobel is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
  • Fennimore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Muscoda
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Muscoda is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
  • Dickeyville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dickeyville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
  • Belmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Highland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bloomington is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 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 Annaton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Annaton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Annaton ...

Looking for more information about Annaton? 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 Annaton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Annaton.

Adding Annaton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Annaton 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 Annaton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Annaton post office opened in 1861. The Annaton post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Annaton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Annaton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Annaton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Annaton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/