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Welcome to Pence ...

Pence is located in Iron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Pence is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Pence: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Pence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Pence: This one is located in Iron County and the other is located in Ashland County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 7 communities that are also named Pence - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2) and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Pence ...

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

  • Ironwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironwood <4>
  • Bessemer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bessemer is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer <4>
  • Wakefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hurley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurley is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
  • Mellen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mellen is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Hillcrest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • North Ironwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Ironwood is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ironwood
  • Yale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Yale is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
  • Cedar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Ramsay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ramsay is located in Gogebic County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsay

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pence ...

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

Adding Pence to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pence post office opened in 1888. The Pence post office closed in 1986.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pence.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pence - 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 Pence area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Pence area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/