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Welcome to Cedar Lake ...

Cedar Lake is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Lake, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Lake: Cedar Lk.

Cedar Lake is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cedar Lake: 262

Communities Also Named Cedar Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Cedar Lake: This one is located in Washington County and the other is located in Waushara County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 21 communities that are also named Cedar Lake - they are located in Alabama (2), Connecticut (2), Georgia, Indiana, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, New Jersey (2), New York, Nova Scotia (2), Ontario, South Carolina and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Lake.

Communities near Cedar Lake ...

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

  • Menomonee Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • West Bend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mequon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Germantown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Hartford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pewaukee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
  • Brown Deer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
  • Cedarburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Grafton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Richfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Cedar Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar Lake 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 Cedar Lake was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.