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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
- Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
- Crandon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Jennings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Jennings is located in Oneida County
- Post Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Monico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
- Monico is located in Oneida County
- Mole Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Gagen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Kempster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Atkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Harrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
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 for Pratt Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Pratt Junction post office opened in 1887.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pratt Junction.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pratt Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.wi.gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pratt Junction - 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 Pratt Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Pratt Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |