Welcome to Bevent ...

Bevent is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bevent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Bevent is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bevent: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Bevent ...

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

• Wausau
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wausau is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
• Stevens Point
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Weston
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Weston is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
• Kronenwetter
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
• Rothschild
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
• Mosinee
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
• Schofield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Schofield is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
• Wittenberg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Birnamwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
• Tigerton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
  • 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 Bevent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bevent.

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

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

Adding Bevent to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bevent post office opened in 1891. The Bevent post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bevent.