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Welcome to Padus ...

Padus is located in Forest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Padus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Padus is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Padus: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Padus ...

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

  • Crandon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Laona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Townsend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Freeman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freeman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Freeman
    • From Padus to Freeman
  • Lily
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
    • Lily is located in Langlade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lily
    • From Padus to Lily
  • Mole Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jennings
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Atkins
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Atkins is located in Forest County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Atkins
    • From Padus to Atkins
  • Hiles
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiles have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
    • Hiles is located in Forest County
  • Post Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 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 Padus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Padus.

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

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

Adding Padus to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Padus post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Padus.

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

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 Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Padus - 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 Padus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Padus area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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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