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Welcome to Burkhardt ...

Burkhardt is located in Saint Croix County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burkhardt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Burkhardt is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burkhardt: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Burkhardt ...

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

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 Burkhardt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burkhardt.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burkhardt ...

Looking for more information about Burkhardt? 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 Burkhardt, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burkhardt.

Adding Burkhardt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burkhardt 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 Burkhardt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Burkhardt post office opened in 1880. The Burkhardt post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burkhardt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Saint Croix, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burkhardt - 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 Burkhardt area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Burkhardt area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/