Welcome to Spirit Falls ...

Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spirit Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Spirit Falls is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spirit Falls: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Spirit Falls ...

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

• Tomahawk
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
• Rib Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
• Prentice
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Prentice is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
• Jersey City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
• Irma
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Irma is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
• Westboro
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Westboro is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
• Interwald
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Interwald is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
• Worcester
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Worcester is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
• Chelsea
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Chelsea is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
• Harshaw
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harshaw is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw

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

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

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

Adding Spirit Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spirit Falls post office opened in 1900. The Spirit Falls post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spirit Falls.