Welcome to Horseman ...

Horseman is located in Barron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horseman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Horseman is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Horseman: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Horseman ...

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

• Rice Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Barron
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Barron is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
• Chetek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Chetek is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
• Cameron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cameron is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
• Bruce
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bruce is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
• New Auburn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Auburn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
• Birchwood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Haugen
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Haugen is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
• Weyerhaeuser
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
• Exeland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Exeland is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 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 Horseman. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horseman.

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

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

Adding Horseman to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Horseman post office opened in 1893. The Horseman post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Horseman.