RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wisconsin >> Kenosha County >> Powers LakeIndex...

Welcome to Powers Lake ...

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

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.<2>.

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

Area Code for Powers Lake: 262

The ZIP code for Powers Lake: 53159<3>

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)
    • McHenry is located in McHenry County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • 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)
  • Woodstock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayslake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Salem Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
    • Former names for Salem Lakes:
    • Salem
    • Silver Lake
  • Antioch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Antioch is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • 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)
    • Lindenhurst is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenhurst
    • 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)
    • Burlington is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
  • Fox Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 (so far) 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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Kenosha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powers Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Powers Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Powers Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/