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Welcome to Manitowish ...

Manitowish is located in Iron County<1>.

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

Manitowish is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Manitowish: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Manitowish ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Manitowish: This one is located in Iron County and the other is located in Oneida County.

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

Communities near Manitowish ...

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

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 Manitowish. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manitowish.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manitowish ...

Looking for more information about Manitowish? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Manitowish, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Manitowish.

Adding Manitowish to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Manitowish 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 Manitowish was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Manitowish post office opened in 1890. The Manitowish post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manitowish.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Manitowish - 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 Manitowish area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Manitowish area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/