Welcome to Colburn ...

Colburn is located in Chippewa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Colburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Colburn is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Colburn: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Colburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Colburn - they are located in Idaho and Indiana (2).

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

Communities near Colburn ...

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

• Chippewa Falls
  (18 miles [29 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
• Stanley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
• Thorp
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Thorp is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
• Cadott
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Cornell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
• Boyd
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
• Estella
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Estella is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
• Gilman
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilman is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
• Sheldon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
• Lublin
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Lublin is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 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 Colburn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colburn.

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

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

Adding Colburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Colburn post office opened in 1895. The Colburn post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colburn.