Welcome to Kempster ...
Kempster is located in Langlade County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Kempster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Kempster is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Kempster lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Kempster: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Kempster ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kempster.
- Antigo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aniwa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aniwa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
- Aniwa is located in Shawano County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Bryant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Bryant is located in Langlade County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bryant
- From Kempster to Bryant
- Elcho
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Post Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dudley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pelican Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jennings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lily
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Lily is located in Langlade County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lily
- From Kempster to Lily
- Mole Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Kempster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kempster.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kempster. 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 Kempster.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kempster. See our Newspapers Page for Kempster.
Adding Kempster to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Kempster 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 Kempster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Kempster post office opened in 1882.
We also found Kempster in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kempster.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Langlade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kempster - 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 Kempster area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Kempster 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/ |