Welcome to Earl ...
Earl is located in Washburn County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Earl, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
Earl is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Earl lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Earl: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Earl ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Earl - they are located in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Earl.
Communities near Earl ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Earl.
- Spooner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Hayward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Shell Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Minong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Madge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Madge
- From Earl to Madge
- Stone Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Stone Lake
- From Earl to Stone Lake
- Nobleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nobleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobleton
- Nobleton is located in Washburn County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Nobleton
- From Earl to Nobleton
- Bashaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bashaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bashaw
- From Earl to Bashaw
- Reserve
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Reserve
- From Earl to Reserve
- Little Round Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
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 Earl. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Earl.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Earl. 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 Earl.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Earl. See our Newspapers Page for Earl.
Adding Earl to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Earl 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 for Earl was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Earl post office opened in 1905.
We also found Earl on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Earl.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Earl. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washburn County: www.co.washburn.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washburn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Earl - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Earl area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Earl area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |