Welcome to Trade Lake ...
Trade Lake is located in Burnett County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Trade Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.
A typical abbreviation for Trade Lake: Trade Lk.
Trade Lake is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Trade Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Trade Lake: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Trade Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Trade Lake.
- Rush City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Croix Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Rock Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grantsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Frederic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Luck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luck is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Taylors Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Balsam Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Balsam Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsam Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
- Centuria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Centuria is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centuria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 905 people
- Milltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 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 Trade Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Trade Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Trade Lake. 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 Trade Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Trade Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Trade Lake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trade Lake ...
Looking for more information about Trade Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Trade Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Trade Lake.
Adding Trade Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Trade Lake 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 Trade Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Trade Lake post office opened in 1871. The Trade Lake post office closed in 1919.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Trade Lake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Burnett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trade Lake - 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 Trade Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Trade Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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/ |