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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Rib Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Prentice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Prentice is located in Price County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Jersey City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jersey City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Irma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Irma is located in Lincoln County
- Westboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Interwald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Harshaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Harshaw is located in Oneida County
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Lincoln County
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 for Spirit Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Spirit Falls post office opened in 1900.
We also found Spirit Falls on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spirit Falls.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spirit Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spirit Falls - 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 Spirit Falls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Spirit Falls area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |