Welcome to Polonia ...
Polonia is located in Portage County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Polonia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.
Polonia is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Polonia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Polonia: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Polonia ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Polonia - it's located in Manitoba.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Polonia.
Communities near Polonia ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Polonia.
- Stevens Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Mosinee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Iola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Biron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Park Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Rosholt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 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 Polonia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Polonia.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Polonia. 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 Polonia.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Polonia. See our Newspapers Page for Polonia.
Adding Polonia to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Polonia 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 Polonia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Polonia post office opened in 1874. The Polonia post office closed in 1935.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Polonia.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Polonia - 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 Polonia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Polonia 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/ |