Welcome to Coddington ...

Coddington is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coddington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Coddington is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coddington: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Coddington ...

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

• Stevens Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Wisconsin Rapids
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
• Plover
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Plover is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
• Nekoosa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Nekoosa is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
• Port Edwards
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Port Edwards is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
• Whiting
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Amherst
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Plainfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
• Biron
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Biron is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
• Wild Rose
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 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 Coddington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coddington.

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

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

Adding Coddington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coddington post office opened in 1912. The Coddington post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coddington.