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Welcome to City Point ...

City Point is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of City Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

A typical abbreviation for City Point: City Pt.

City Point is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named City Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named City Point - they are located in Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for City Point.

Communities near City Point ...

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

  • Neillsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Neillsville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
  • Pittsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsville is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
  • Vesper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Warrens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Warrens is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Granton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Arpin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Arpin is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
  • Millston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynxville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Lapham Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pray
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

Adding City Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of City Point 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 City Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the City Point post office opened in 1876. The City Point post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for City Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around City Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/