Welcome to Lampson ...
Lampson is located in Washburn County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lampson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.
Lampson is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Lampson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Lampson: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Lampson ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lampson.
- Spooner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Shell Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Minong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Webb Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Madge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Stone Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Bashaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Phipps
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
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 Lampson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lampson.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lampson. 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 Lampson.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lampson. See our Newspapers Page for Lampson.
Adding Lampson to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lampson 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 Lampson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Lampson post office opened in 1902.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lampson.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lampson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washburn County: www.co.washburn.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 Washburn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lampson - 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 Lampson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Lampson 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/ |