Welcome to Ogema ...
Ogema is located in Price County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ogema, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
Ogema is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Ogema lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Ogema: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Ogema ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Ogema - they are located in Minnesota and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ogema.
Communities near Ogema ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ogema.
- Phillips
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Phillips is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Rib Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Prentice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Kennan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Catawba is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Westboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Chelsea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Interwald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Hawkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Medford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 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 Ogema. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ogema.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ogema. 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 Ogema.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogema. See our Newspapers Page for Ogema.
Adding Ogema to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Ogema 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 Ogema was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Ogema post office opened in 1877.
We also found Ogema on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ogema.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ogema. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Price County: www.co.price.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 Price, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ogema - 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 Ogema area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Ogema 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/ |