Welcome to Avalanche ...
Avalanche is located in Vernon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Avalanche, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.
Avalanche is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Avalanche lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Avalanche: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Avalanche ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Avalanche - it's located in New Hampshire.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Avalanche.
Communities near Avalanche ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Avalanche.
- Viroqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Westby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Cashton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Coon Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- La Farge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Norwalk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
- Soldiers Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Gays Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 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 Avalanche. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Avalanche.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Avalanche. 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 Avalanche.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Avalanche. See our Newspapers Page for Avalanche.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Avalanche ...
Looking for more information about Avalanche? 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 Avalanche, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Avalanche.
Adding Avalanche to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Avalanche 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 Avalanche was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Avalanche post office opened in 1854. The Avalanche post office closed in 1905.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Avalanche.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Vernon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avalanche - 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 Avalanche area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Avalanche 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/ |