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Welcome to McNaughton ...

McNaughton is located in Oneida County<1>.

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

McNaughton is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McNaughton: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near McNaughton ...

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

  • Rhinelander
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
    • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
  • Eagle River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
    • Eagle River is located in Vilas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
  • Harshaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
    • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
  • Hazelhurst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
    • Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
  • Sugar Camp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
    • Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
  • Saint Germain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Germain
    • Saint Germain is located in Vilas County
    • Former names for Saint Germain:
    • Farmington
    • Lakewood
  • Woodruff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
    • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
  • Jeffris
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
    • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
  • Harrison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
  • Sayner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayner
    • Sayner is located in Vilas 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 McNaughton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McNaughton.

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

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

Adding McNaughton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McNaughton post office opened in 1890.

We also found McNaughton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McNaughton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McNaughton - 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 McNaughton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the McNaughton 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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