Welcome to Chittamo ...
Chittamo is located in Washburn County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Chittamo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.
Chittamo is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Chittamo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Chittamo: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Chittamo ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chittamo.
- Hayward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Solon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Minong
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Earl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Phipps
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Sauntry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
- Seeley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Cable
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Little Round Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Stone Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
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 Chittamo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chittamo.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chittamo. 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 Chittamo.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chittamo. See our Newspapers Page for Chittamo.
Adding Chittamo to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Chittamo 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 Chittamo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Chittamo post office opened in 1908. The Chittamo post office closed in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Chittamo.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washburn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chittamo - 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 Chittamo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Chittamo 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/ |