Welcome to Powers Lake ...

Powers Lake is primarily located in Kenosha County<1>. A portion of Powers Lake extends into Walworth County.

The location of Powers Lake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powers Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

A typical abbreviation for Powers Lake: Powers Lk.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Powers Lake for more information about variations on the name of Powers Lake.

Powers Lake is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Powers Lake is within the (262) area code.

Communities Also Named Powers Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Powers Lake - it's located in North Dakota.

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

Communities near Powers Lake ...

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

• McHenry
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McHenry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
  • McHenry is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,100 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McHenry <4>
• Round Lake Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Beach
  • Round Lake Beach is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,919 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake Beach <4>
• Woodstock
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Woodstock is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <4>
• Grayslake
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayslake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayslake
  • Grayslake is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,584 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayslake <4>
• Round Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
  • Round Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake <4>
• Salem Lakes
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
  • Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
  • Former names for Salem Lakes:
  • Salem
  • Silver Lake
• Antioch
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antioch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Antioch is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,174 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antioch <4>
• Lindenhurst
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindenhurst have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
  • Lindenhurst is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,117 people
  • Lindenhurst has also been known as:
  • Lindenhurst village
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindenhurst <4>
• Burlington
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Racine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
• Fox Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • Fox Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fox Lake <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powers Lake ...

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

Adding Powers Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Powers Lake post office opened in 1900.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Powers Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kenosha County: www.co.kenosha.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/