Welcome to Hiles ...
Hiles is located in Forest County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hiles, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.
Hiles is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hiles lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hiles: 715 & 534<3>
Websites for Hiles ...
Official Website: www.townofhiles.org/
Communities near Hiles ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hiles.
- Crandon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Eagle River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
- Eagle River is located in Vilas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
- Gagen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Monico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Jennings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Mole Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Pelican Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Laona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Sugar Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
- Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
- Post Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
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 Hiles. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hiles.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hiles. 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 Hiles.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiles. See our Newspapers Page for Hiles.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hiles ...
Looking for more information about Hiles? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hiles, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hiles.
Adding Hiles to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hiles 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 Hiles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Hiles post office opened in 1903.
We also found Hiles on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hiles.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hiles: www.townofhiles.org/
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 Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hiles - 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 Hiles area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Hiles area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |