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Welcome to Westboro ...

Westboro is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westboro, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

Westboro is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Westboro: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Westboro: 54490<4>

Communities Also Named Westboro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Westboro - they are located in Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario (3) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Westboro.

Communities near Westboro ...

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

  • Medford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rib Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Prentice
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Stetsonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
    • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Kennan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
    • Kennan is located in Price County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
  • Catawba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chelsea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Interwald
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Interwald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interwald
    • Interwald is located in Taylor County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Interwald
    • From Westboro to Interwald
  • Perkinstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hughey ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hughey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
    • Hughey is located in Taylor County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hughey
    • From Westboro to Hughey

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

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

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

Adding Westboro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Westboro 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 Westboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Westboro post office opened in 1875.

We also found Westboro in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westboro.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westboro. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Taylor County: www.taylor-county.com/

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 Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Westboro - 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 Westboro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Westboro area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Westboro). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Westboro or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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