Welcome to Shanagolden ...
Shanagolden is located in Ashland County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Shanagolden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.
Shanagolden is 1,500 feet [457 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Shanagolden lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Shanagolden: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Shanagolden ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shanagolden.
- Park Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
- Mellen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mellen is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Butternut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Butternut is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Tannery Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
- Kennedy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kennedy is located in Price County
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- White City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Fifield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fifield is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
- High Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Marengo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
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 Shanagolden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shanagolden.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shanagolden. 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 Shanagolden.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanagolden. See our Newspapers Page for Shanagolden.
Adding Shanagolden to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Shanagolden 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 Shanagolden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Shanagolden post office opened in 1903. The Shanagolden post office closed in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Shanagolden.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Ashland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shanagolden - 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 Shanagolden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Shanagolden area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |