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>
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 (with 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Prentice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Hawkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Glen Flora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ingram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Jump River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Lugerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
- Lugerville is located in Price County
- Westboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Hughey ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Tony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
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 for Kennan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Kennan post office opened in 1889.
We also found Kennan in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kennan.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kennan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Price County: www.co.price.wi.us/
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 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |