Welcome to Dobie ...

Dobie is located in Barron County<1>.

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

Dobie is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dobie: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Dobie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Dobie: This one is located in Barron County and the other is located in Douglas County.

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

Communities near Dobie ...

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

• Rice Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Barron
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Barron is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
• Cumberland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cumberland is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
• Chetek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Chetek is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
• Cameron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cameron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
• Shell Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
• Almena
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Almena is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
• Birchwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Haugen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Haugen is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
• Weyerhaeuser
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 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 Dobie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dobie.

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

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

Adding Dobie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dobie post office opened in 1893. The Dobie post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dobie.