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Welcome to North Bay ...

The village of North Bay is located in Door County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Bay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for North Bay: N. Bay

North Bay is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave North Bay and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for North Bay: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named North Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named North Bay: This one is located in Door County and the other is located in Racine County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 5 communities that are also named North Bay - they are located in Mississippi, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario.

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

Communities near North Bay ...

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

  • Sister Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sister Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
  • Ephraim
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ephraim is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Egg Harbor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Baileys Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
  • Rowleys Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rowleys Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
  • Ellison Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ellison Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
  • Fish Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fish Creek is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
  • Gills Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gills Rock is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Rock
  • Jacksonport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacksonport is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Washington is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Bay ...

Looking for more information about North Bay? 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 North Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Bay.

Adding North Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Bay 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 North Bay was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Bay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Bay - 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the North Bay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the North Bay area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).