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Welcome to Pelican Lake ...

Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pelican Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

A typical abbreviation for Pelican Lake: Pelican Lk.

Pelican Lake is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pelican Lake: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Pelican Lake: 54463<4>

Communities Also Named Pelican Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Pelican Lake: This one is located in Oneida County and the other is located in Forest County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 4 communities that are also named Pelican Lake - they are located in Florida, Minnesota and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Pelican Lake ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Pelican Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pelican 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 Pelican Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pelican Lake post office opened in 1882.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pelican Lake - 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 Pelican Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Pelican Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pelican Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pelican Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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/