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Welcome to Pensaukee ...

Pensaukee is located in Oconto County<1>.

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

Pensaukee is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Pensaukee ...

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

  • Howard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • Suamico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Suamico is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
  • Oconto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Peshtigo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oconto Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Gillett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Coleman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lena is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Pound
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Pound is located in Marinette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 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 Pensaukee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pensaukee.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pensaukee ...

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

Adding Pensaukee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pensaukee 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 Pensaukee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Pensaukee post office opened in 1855. The Pensaukee post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pensaukee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pensaukee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/