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Welcome to Pratt Junction ...

Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County<1>.


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


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.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Pratt Junction: (715) and (534)<4>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gagen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
    • Gagen is located in Oneida County
  • Kempster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
    • Kempster is located in Langlade County
  • Atkins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Atkins is located in Forest County
  • 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>

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

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

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pratt Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (534) is an overlay for area code (715).
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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