Welcome to Fenwood ...
The village of Fenwood is located in Marathon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fenwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Fenwood has a population of 155 people<2> (see below for details).
Fenwood is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Fenwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fenwood: 715 & 534<4>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fenwood had an population of 155 people. This is an increase of 1.97% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.92% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Fenwood had a population of 152 people. This makes Fenwood the county's 57th most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 152 people, the population of Fenwood decreased 12.64% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 174 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Fenwood.
Communities Also Named Fenwood ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fenwood - it's located in Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fenwood.
Communities near Fenwood ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fenwood.
- Wausau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wausau is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
- Marshfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshfield is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
- Kronenwetter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
- Rothschild
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Mosinee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Abbotsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Schofield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Colby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Stratford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Fenwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fenwood.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fenwood. 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 Fenwood.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fenwood. See our Newspapers Page for Fenwood.
Adding Fenwood to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fenwood 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 Fenwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Fenwood post office opened in 1892. The Fenwood post office closed in 1984.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fenwood.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marathon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fenwood. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fenwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Fenwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Fenwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |