Welcome to Lehigh ...

Lehigh is located in Barron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lehigh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Lehigh is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lehigh: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Lehigh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Lehigh - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Dakota (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lehigh.

Communities near Lehigh ...

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

• Rice Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Barron
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Barron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
• Chetek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chetek is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
• Cameron
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cameron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
• Bruce
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bruce is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
• New Auburn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
• Birchwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Dallas
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
• Haugen
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Haugen is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
• Weyerhaeuser
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 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 Lehigh. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lehigh.

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

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

Adding Lehigh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lehigh 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 Lehigh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lehigh post office opened in 1890. The Lehigh post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lehigh.