Welcome to Black Wolf ...

Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Black Wolf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Black Wolf is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Black Wolf: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Black Wolf ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Black Wolf - they are located in Kansas and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Black Wolf ...

Official Website: www.townofblackwolf.com/

Communities near Black Wolf ...

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

• Oshkosh
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Fond du Lac
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
• Neenah
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
• Menasha
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
• Harrison
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
• Ripon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
• North Fond du Lac
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
• Chilton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Chilton is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
• Omro
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Omro is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
• Winneconne
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 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 Black Wolf. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Wolf.

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

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

Adding Black Wolf to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Black Wolf post office opened in 1848. The Black Wolf post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Wolf.