Welcome to Arnott ...
Arnott is located in Portage County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Arnott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Arnott is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Arnott lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Arnott: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Arnott ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Arnott - it's located in Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Arnott.
Communities near Arnott ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Arnott.
- Stevens Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wisconsin Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Waupaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Whiting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Iola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Biron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Park Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 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 Arnott. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arnott.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arnott. 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 Arnott.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Arnott. See our Newspapers Page for Arnott.
Adding Arnott to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Arnott 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 Arnott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Arnott post office opened in 1882. The Arnott post office closed in 1934.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Arnott.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arnott - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Arnott area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Arnott 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/ |