Welcome to Trego ...
Trego is located in Washburn County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Trego, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.
Trego is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Trego lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Trego: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Trego ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Trego - they are located in California, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nevada and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Trego.
Communities near Trego ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Trego.
- Spooner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Hayward
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Shell Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Minong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Madge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Bashaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Stone Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Nobleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Webb Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Hertel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
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 Trego. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Trego.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Trego. 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 Trego.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Trego. See our Newspapers Page for Trego.
Adding Trego to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Trego 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 for Trego was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Trego post office opened in 1906.
We also found Trego on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Trego.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trego. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washburn County: www.co.washburn.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washburn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trego - 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 Trego area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Trego area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |