Welcome to Pratt Junction ...

Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Pratt Junction: Pratt Jct. (or less commonly used: Pratt Jctn.)

Pratt Junction is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pratt Junction: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Pratt Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Pratt Junction: This one is located in Oneida County and the other is located in Forest County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pratt Junction.

Communities near Pratt Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pratt Junction.

• Rhinelander
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
• Crandon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Jennings
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jennings is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
• Post Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
• Monico
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Monico is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
• Mole Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
• Gagen
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Gagen is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
• Jeffris
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
• Kempster
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Kempster is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
• Atkins
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Atkins is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins

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

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

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

Adding Pratt Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pratt Junction 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 Pratt Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pratt Junction post office opened in 1887. The Pratt Junction post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pratt Junction.