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Welcome to Lake Five ...

Lake Five is primarily located in Washington County<1>. A portion of Lake Five extends into Waukesha County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Five, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Five: Lk. Five

Lake Five is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lake Five: 262

Communities near Lake Five ...

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

  • Waukesha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • West Allis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wauwatosa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • West Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mequon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Germantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Oconomowoc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 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 Lake Five. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Five.

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

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

Adding Lake Five to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Five 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 Lake Five was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Five.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Five - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.