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Welcome to Northland ...

Northland is located in Waupaca County<1>.

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

Northland is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Northland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Northland - they are located in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.

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

Communities near Northland ...

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

  • Stevens Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
  • Plover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Plover is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
  • Waupaca
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Whiting
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Whiting is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
  • Manawa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Iola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Marion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Marion is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Amherst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Amherst is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
  • Wittenberg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
  • Tigerton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 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 Northland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Northland.

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

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

Adding Northland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Northland 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 Northland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Northland post office opened in 1890. The Northland post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Northland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Northland - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/