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Welcome to Split Rock ...

Split Rock is located in Shawano County<1>.

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

Split Rock is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Split Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Split Rock - they are located in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Split Rock ...

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

  • Clintonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Manawa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Iola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Marion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Wittenberg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Birnamwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Gresham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosholt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rosholt is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
  • Bear Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people

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

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

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

Adding Split Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Split Rock 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 Split Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Split Rock post office opened in 1889. The Split Rock post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Split Rock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Shawano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Split Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/