Welcome to Hertel ...
Hertel is located in Burnett County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hertel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.
Hertel is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hertel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hertel: 715 & 534<3>
The ZIP code for Hertel: 54845<4>
Communities Also Named Hertel ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hertel - it's located in New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hertel.
Communities near Hertel ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hertel.
- Spooner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shell Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frederic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Siren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Bashaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clam Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alpha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 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 Hertel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hertel.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hertel. 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 Hertel.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hertel. See our Newspapers Page for Hertel.
Adding Hertel to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hertel 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 Hertel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Hertel post office opened in 1898. The Hertel post office closed in 1992.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hertel.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Burnett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hertel - 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 Hertel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Hertel area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Hertel). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Hertel or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <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/ |