Welcome to Tilden ...

Tilden is located in Chippewa County<1>.

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

Tilden is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tilden: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Tilden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Tilden - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Tilden ...

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

• Eau Claire
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
• Chippewa Falls
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
• Altoona
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
• Lake Hallie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
• Bloomer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
• Cadott
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cadott is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Cornell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
• Fall Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
• Colfax
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Colfax is located in Dunn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
• Elk Mound
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 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 Tilden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tilden.

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

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

Adding Tilden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tilden post office opened in 1900. The Tilden post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tilden.