Welcome to Swan ...

Swan is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Swan is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Swan: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Swan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Swan - they are located in Colorado, Georgia (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Swan ...

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

• Marshfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Marshfield is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,414 people
• Medford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Medford is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
• Abbotsford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Abbotsford is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
• Colby
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Colby is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
• Spencer
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Spencer is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
• Stratford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stratford is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
• Marathon City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
• Edgar
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Edgar is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
• Athens
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Athens is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
• Dorchester
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 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 Swan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Swan.

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

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

Adding Swan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Swan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Swan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Swan post office opened in 1894. The Swan post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swan.