Welcome to Black Hawk ...
Black Hawk is located in Sauk County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Black Hawk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.
Black Hawk is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Black Hawk lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Black Hawk: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Black Hawk ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Black Hawk - they are located in California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario and South Dakota.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Hawk.
Communities near Black Hawk ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Black Hawk.
- Baraboo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Reedsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Prairie du Sac village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Cross Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Sauk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Mazomanie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Spring Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Black Earth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- West Baraboo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baraboo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Barneveld
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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 Black Hawk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Hawk.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Black Hawk. 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 Black Hawk.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Hawk. See our Newspapers Page for Black Hawk.
Adding Black Hawk to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Black Hawk 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 Black Hawk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Black Hawk post office opened in 1866.
We also found Black Hawk in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Hawk.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black Hawk. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sauk County: www.co.sauk.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sauk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black Hawk - 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 Black Hawk area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Black Hawk 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/ |