Welcome to Sanborn ...

Sanborn is located in Ashland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanborn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Sanborn is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sanborn: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Sanborn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Sanborn - they are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Quebec and Texas.

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

Communities near Sanborn ...

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

• Ashland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ashland is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
• Washburn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
• Mellen
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mellen is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
• Mason
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mason is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Marengo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Marengo is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
• White River
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • White River is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
• High Bridge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
• Benoit
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
• Moquah
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
• Sutherland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland

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

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

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

Adding Sanborn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sanborn post office opened in 1889. The Sanborn post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanborn.