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Welcome to Hayes ...

Hayes is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hayes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Hayes is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Hayes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Hayes - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (4), Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Hayes ...

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

  • Shawano
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawano is located in Shawano County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
  • Oconto Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
  • Bonduel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
  • Gillett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mountain is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
  • Armstrong
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
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  • Coleman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Coleman is located in Marinette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
  • Cecil
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Lena
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lena is located in Oconto County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Frostville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Frostville is located in Oconto County
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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 Hayes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hayes.

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

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

Adding Hayes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hayes 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 Hayes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Hayes post office opened in 1879. The Hayes post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hayes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hayes - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/