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Welcome to Pike Lake ...

Pike Lake is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pike Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for Pike Lake: Pike Lk.

Pike Lake is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Pike Lake ...

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

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

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

Communities near Pike Lake ...

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

  • Wausau
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Weston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Weston is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
  • Kronenwetter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Rothschild
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
  • Mosinee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
  • Schofield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Schofield is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
  • Wittenberg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Birnamwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tigerton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hatley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Pike Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pike Lake in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pike Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pike Lake post office opened in 1887. The Pike Lake post office closed in 1909.

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

Footnotes ...

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