Welcome to Whittlesey ...
Whittlesey is located in Taylor County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Whittlesey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Whittlesey is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Whittlesey lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Whittlesey: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Whittlesey ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Whittlesey - it's located in Ohio.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whittlesey.
Communities near Whittlesey ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whittlesey.
- Medford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
- Abbotsford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbotsford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Abbotsford is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Dorchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Rib Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
- Stetsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
- Curtiss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtiss
- Curtiss is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Chelsea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chelsea is located in Taylor County
- Westboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Westboro is located in Taylor County
- Interwald
(10 miles [16.1 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 Whittlesey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whittlesey.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whittlesey. 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 Whittlesey.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whittlesey. See our Newspapers Page for Whittlesey.
Adding Whittlesey to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Whittlesey 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 Whittlesey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Whittlesey post office opened in 1882.
We also found Whittlesey in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Whittlesey.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whittlesey. 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 Whittlesey - 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 Whittlesey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Whittlesey 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/ |