Welcome to Holt ...

Holt is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Holt is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holt: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Holt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Holt - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kentucky (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Utah (3).

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

Communities near Holt ...

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

• Stevens Point
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Weston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Weston is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
• Kronenwetter
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
• Rothschild
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
• Mosinee
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
• Schofield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Schofield is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
• Whiting
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Iola
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Amherst
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Wittenberg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 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 Holt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holt.

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

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

Adding Holt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holt 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 Holt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Holt post office opened in 1900. The Holt post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holt.