Welcome to Taegesville ...
Taegesville is located in Marathon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Taegesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
Taegesville is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Taegesville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Taegesville: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Taegesville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Taegesville.
- Wausau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Merrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Kronenwetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rothschild
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Mosinee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Schofield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Marathon City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Edgar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Taegesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Taegesville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Taegesville. 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 Taegesville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Taegesville. See our Newspapers Page for Taegesville.
Adding Taegesville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Taegesville 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 Taegesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Taegesville post office opened in 1891. The Taegesville post office closed in 1901.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Taegesville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marathon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Taegesville - 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 Taegesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Taegesville 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/ |