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Welcome to Markesan ...The city of Markesan is located in Green Lake County<1>. The location of Markesan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Markesan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Markesan has a population of 1,397 people<3> (see below for details). Markesan is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Markesan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Markesan: (920) and (274)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Markesan had an population of 1,397 people. This is a decrease of 5.35% since the 2010 Census. At the time of the 2010 Census, Markesan had a population of 1,476 people (or 7.75% of the total population of Green Lake County). This makes Markesan the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Markesan represents 0.03% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 593rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,476 people, the population of Markesan increased 5.73% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,396 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Markesan. Communities near Markesan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Markesan.
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 Markesan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Markesan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Markesan. 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 Markesan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Markesan. See our Newspapers Page for Markesan. Adding Markesan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Markesan 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 Markesan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Markesan in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Markesan. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Markesan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Green Lake County: www.co.green-lake.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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