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Welcome to Odanah ...

Odanah is located in Ashland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Odanah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Odanah is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Odanah: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Odanah ...

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

  • Ashland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Washburn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mellen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
    • Mellen is located in Ashland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Bayfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • White River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • White River is located in Ashland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to White River
    • From Odanah to White River
  • Cedar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
    • Cedar is located in Iron County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cedar
    • From Odanah to Cedar
  • La Pointe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marengo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • High Bridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Moquah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Odanah. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Odanah.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Odanah ...

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

Adding Odanah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Odanah 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 Odanah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Odanah post office opened in 1855.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Odanah.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Odanah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ashland County: www.co.ashland.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Ashland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Odanah - 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 Odanah area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Odanah 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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