Welcome to Little Wolf ...
So far, we found very little information about Little Wolf. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Little Wolf to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little Wolf, please Contact Us.
Little Wolf would have been located within present day Waupaca County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Little Wolf, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Wolf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Little Wolf is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Little Wolf was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Little Wolf ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Wolf.
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Waupaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Clintonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Hortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Weyauwega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Iola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Shiocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 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 Little Wolf. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Wolf.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Wolf. 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 Little Wolf.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Wolf. See our Newspapers Page for Little Wolf.
Adding Little Wolf to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Little Wolf in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Little Wolf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Little Wolf post office opened in 1859.
We also found Little Wolf in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Wolf.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Waupaca County: www.co.waupaca.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Little Wolf, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Wolf - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |