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Welcome to Prentice ...

The village of Prentice is located in Price County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prentice, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Prentice has a population of 601 people<2> (see below for details).

Prentice is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Prentice: 715 & 534<4>

The ZIP code for Prentice: 54556<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Prentice had an population of 601 people. This is a decrease of 8.94% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.99% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Prentice had a population of 660 people. This makes Prentice the county's 8th most populous community.

The population of Prentice represents 0.01% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 1262nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 660 people, the population of Prentice increased 5.43% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 626 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Prentice.

Communities Also Named Prentice ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Prentice - they are located in Illinois, Ohio (2) and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Prentice ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Prentice to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prentice 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 Prentice was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Prentice post office opened in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prentice.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Price, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Prentice.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prentice - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Prentice area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Prentice area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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 village (such as Prentice). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Prentice or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>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/