Welcome to Timberland ...

Timberland is located in Burnett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Timberland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Timberland is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Timberland: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Timberland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Timberland - they are located in California, Florida and North Carolina (2).

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

Communities near Timberland ...

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

• Spooner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Spooner is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
• Cumberland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cumberland is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
• Shell Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
• Frederic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Frederic is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
• Luck
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Luck is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
• Turtle Lake
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
• Siren
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Siren is located in Burnett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
• Almena
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Almena is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
• Webster
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Webster is located in Burnett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
• Haugen
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Haugen is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 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 Timberland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Timberland.

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

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

Adding Timberland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Timberland post office opened in 1893. The Timberland post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Timberland.