Welcome to Rhinelander ...The city of Rhinelander is located in Oneida County<1> (at the time of its founding, Rhinelander was located in Lincoln County) and is the County Seat for Oneida County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rhinelander, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. The origin (or the toponymy) of Rhinelander: Named for Frederick W. Rhinelander, president of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rhinelander has a population of 7,647 people<2> (see below for details). Rhinelander is 1,550 feet [472 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rhinelander lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Rhinelander: 715 & 534<4> The ZIP code for Rhinelander: 54501<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rhinelander had an population of 7,647 people. This is a decrease of 1.94% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.14% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rhinelander had a population of 7,798 people (or 21.69% of the total population of Oneida County). This makes Rhinelander the county's most populous community. The population of Rhinelander represents 0.14% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 121st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,798 people, the population of Rhinelander has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,735 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rhinelander. Websites for Rhinelander ...Chamber of Commerce: www.rhinelanderchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rhinelander, the following might be of interest: Communities near Rhinelander ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rhinelander.
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 Rhinelander. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rhinelander. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rhinelander. 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 Rhinelander. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rhinelander. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rhinelander. Adding Rhinelander to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rhinelander 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 Rhinelander was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rhinelander. Footnotes ...
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