Welcome to Dancy ...

Dancy is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dancy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Dancy is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dancy: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Dancy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dancy - they are located in Alabama and Mississippi.

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

Communities near Dancy ...

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

• Wausau
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Wausau is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
• Stevens Point
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Weston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Weston is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
• Plover
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plover is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
• Kronenwetter
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
• Rothschild
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
• Mosinee
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
• Schofield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Schofield is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
• Whiting
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Stratford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Stratford is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 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 Dancy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dancy.

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

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

Adding Dancy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dancy post office opened in 1887. The Dancy post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dancy.