Welcome to Garfield ...
Garfield is located in Portage County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Garfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
Garfield is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Garfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Garfield: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Garfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Garfield - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Garfield.
Communities near Garfield ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Garfield.
- Stevens Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Plover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Waupaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waupaca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Whiting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiting have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Manawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manawa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Iola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tigerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 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 Garfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garfield.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Garfield. 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 Garfield.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Garfield. See our Newspapers Page for Garfield.
Adding Garfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Garfield 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 Garfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Garfield post office opened in 1884.
We also found Garfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Garfield.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garfield - 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 Garfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Garfield 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |