Welcome to Tuscobia ...

Tuscobia is located in Barron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tuscobia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Tuscobia is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tuscobia: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Tuscobia ...

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

• Rice Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Barron
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Barron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
• Spooner
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Spooner is located in Washburn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
• Cumberland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cumberland is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
• Chetek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Chetek is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
• Cameron
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cameron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
• Shell Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
• Almena
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Almena is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
• Birchwood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Weyerhaeuser
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 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 Tuscobia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tuscobia.

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

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

Adding Tuscobia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tuscobia post office opened in 1902. The Tuscobia post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tuscobia.