Welcome to Poskin ...
Poskin is located in Barron County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Poskin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
Poskin is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Poskin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Poskin: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Poskin ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Poskin.
- Rice Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Barron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Chetek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chetek is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Cameron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cameron is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Clear Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Almena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Almena is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Clayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Prairie Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 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 Poskin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Poskin.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Poskin. 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 Poskin.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Poskin. See our Newspapers Page for Poskin.
Adding Poskin to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Poskin 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 Poskin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Poskin post office opened in 1917. The Poskin post office closed in 1993.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Poskin.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Barron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poskin - 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 Poskin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Poskin 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/ |