Welcome to Webb Lake ...
Webb Lake is located in Burnett County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Webb Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1938.
A typical abbreviation for Webb Lake: Webb Lk.
Webb Lake is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Webb Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Webb Lake: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Webb Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Webb Lake.
- Spooner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Minong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hertel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cloverton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bashaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kingsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duxbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Earl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 Webb Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Webb Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Webb 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 Webb Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Webb Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Webb Lake.
Adding Webb Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Webb 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 Webb Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Webb Lake post office opened in 1938. The Webb Lake post office closed in 1966.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Webb 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 Webb 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 Webb Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Webb Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |