Welcome to Draper ...

Draper is located in Sawyer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Draper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Draper is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Draper: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Draper ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Draper - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Draper ...

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

• Park Falls
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Park Falls is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
• Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
• Butternut
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Butternut is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Winter
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Winter is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
• Kennedy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kennedy is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Lugerville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lugerville is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
• New Post
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • New Post is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
• Fifield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fifield is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
• Radisson
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Radisson is located in Sawyer County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
• Glidden
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glidden is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden

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

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

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

Adding Draper to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Draper post office opened in 1906. The Draper post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Draper.