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Welcome to Athelstane ...

Athelstane is located in Marinette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Athelstane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Athelstane is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Athelstane: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Athelstane: 54104<4>

Communities Also Named Athelstane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Athelstane - it's located in Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Athelstane.

Communities near Athelstane ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Athelstane ...

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

Adding Athelstane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Athelstane 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 Athelstane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Athelstane post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Athelstane.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marinette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Athelstane - 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 Athelstane area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Athelstane area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Athelstane). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Athelstane or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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/