Welcome to Blaine ...
Blaine is located in Portage County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Blaine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
Blaine is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Blaine lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Blaine: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Blaine ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Blaine - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blaine.
Communities near Blaine ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blaine.
- Stevens Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Waupaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Wautoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Weyauwega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Whiting
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Iola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Amherst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Wild Rose
(9 miles [14.5 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 Blaine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blaine.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blaine. 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 Blaine.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaine. See our Newspapers Page for Blaine.
Adding Blaine to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Blaine 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 Blaine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Blaine post office opened in 1876. The Blaine post office closed in 1903.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Blaine.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blaine - 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 Blaine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Blaine 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/ |