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Welcome to Sauntry ...

Sauntry is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sauntry, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Sauntry is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sauntry: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Sauntry ...

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

  • Hawthorne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lake Nebagamon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
  • Poplar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Minong
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Minong is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Bennett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bennett is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
  • Moose Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • South Range
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloverland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Dedham
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Saunders
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Sauntry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sauntry 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 Sauntry was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sauntry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sauntry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Sauntry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Sauntry area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).