Welcome to Clifford ...

Clifford is primarily located in Lincoln County<1>. A portion of Clifford extends into Oneida County and Price County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clifford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Clifford is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clifford: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Clifford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Clifford - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Clifford ...

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

• Tomahawk
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
• Phillips
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Phillips is located in Price County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
• Rib Lake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
• Prentice
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Prentice is located in Price County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
• Worcester
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Worcester is located in Price County
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• Jersey City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
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• Westboro
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Westboro is located in Taylor County
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• Harshaw
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
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• Chelsea
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chelsea is located in Taylor County
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• Irma
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Irma is located in Lincoln County
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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 Clifford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clifford.

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

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

Adding Clifford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clifford 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 Clifford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clifford post office opened in 1893. The Clifford post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clifford.