Welcome to North Lake ...

North Lake is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

North Lake is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Lake: 262

The ZIP code for North Lake: 53064<3>

Communities Also Named North Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named North Lake - they are located in Georgia, Maine, Michigan (4), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near North Lake ...

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

• Waukesha
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
• Wauwatosa
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
• New Berlin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
• Brookfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• Mequon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
• Watertown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Germantown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Oconomowoc
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Hartford
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 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 North Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Lake.

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

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

Adding North Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Lake 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 Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the North Lake post office opened in 1860.

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