Welcome to Red Cedar ...

Red Cedar is located in Dunn County<1>.

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

Red Cedar is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Red Cedar: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Red Cedar ...

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

• Menomonie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Menomonie is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
• Mondovi
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
• Durand
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Durand is located in Pepin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
• Elk Mound
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
• Elmwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmwood is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
• Plum City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Plum City is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
• Nelson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Nelson is located in Buffalo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
• Maxville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Maxville is located in Buffalo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
• Meridean
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Meridean is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
• Eau Galle
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Cedar ...

Looking for more information about Red Cedar? 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 Red Cedar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red Cedar.

Adding Red Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Red Cedar post office opened in 1887. The Red Cedar post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Cedar.