Welcome to Astico ...
Astico is located in Dodge County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Astico, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.
Astico is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Astico lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Astico: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Astico ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Astico.
- Sun Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Watertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horicon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horicon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Johnson Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Astico. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Astico.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Astico. 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 Astico.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Astico. See our Newspapers Page for Astico.
Adding Astico to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Astico 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 Astico was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Astico post office opened in 1916.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Astico.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Astico - 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Astico area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Astico area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |