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Welcome to Trade River ...

Trade River is located in Burnett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Trade River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Trade River: Trade Riv.

Trade River is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Trade River: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Trade River ...

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

  • North Branch
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lindstrom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rush City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pine City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Branch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Branch is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
  • Saint Croix Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Grantsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
  • Harris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Harris is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <4>
  • Shafer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Shafer is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shafer <4>

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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Trade River.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trade River ...

Looking for more information about Trade River? 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 River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Trade River.

Adding Trade River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Trade River 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 River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Trade River post office opened in 1879. The Trade River post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trade River.

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 River - 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 River area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Trade River 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/