Welcome to Cobban ...

Cobban is located in Chippewa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cobban, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

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

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

Area Codes for Cobban: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Cobban ...

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

• Chippewa Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
• Lake Hallie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
• Stanley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
• Bloomer
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
• Cadott
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Cornell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
• New Auburn
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
• Boyd
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
• Estella
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Estella is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
• Gilman
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Gilman is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people

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

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

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

Adding Cobban to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cobban post office opened in 1904. The Cobban post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cobban.