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>
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- 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
- Frederic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Siren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Siren
- From Hertel to Siren
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Bashaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- 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 Hertel to Bashaw
- Clam Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Clam Falls
- From Hertel to Clam Falls
- Webb Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Webb Lake
- From Hertel to Webb Lake
- Alpha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Alpha
- From Hertel to Alpha
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- 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 for Hertel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Hertel post office opened in 1898.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hertel.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hertel. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Burnett County: www.burnettcounty.com/gov/
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 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> | 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/ |