Welcome to Kennan ...
The village of Kennan is located in Price County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Kennan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Kennan has a population of 120 people<2> (see below for details).
Kennan is 1,500 feet [457 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Kennan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Kennan: 715 & 534<4>
The ZIP code for Kennan: 54537<5>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Kennan had an population of 120 people. This is a decrease of 11.11% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 29.82% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Kennan had a population of 135 people. This makes Kennan the county's 21st most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 135 people, the population of Kennan decreased 21.05% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 171 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Kennan.
Communities near Kennan ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kennan.
- Phillips
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Prentice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Hawkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hawkins is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Glen Flora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ingram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ingram is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Worcester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Worcester is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Jump River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Lugerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Westboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hughey is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
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 Kennan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kennan.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kennan. 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 Kennan.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kennan. See our Newspapers Page for Kennan.
Adding Kennan to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Kennan 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 Kennan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Kennan post office opened in 1889.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kennan.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Price, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Kennan. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kennan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Kennan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Kennan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a village (such as Kennan). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Kennan or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |