Welcome to Winneboujou ...

Winneboujou is located in Douglas County<1>.

The location of Winneboujou has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winneboujou, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Winneboujou is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Winneboujou: (715) & (534)<4>

Communities near Winneboujou ...

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

• Hawthorne
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
  • Hawthorne is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
• Lake Nebagamon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Nebagamon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
  • Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
• Poplar
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Poplar is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
• Solon Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
  • Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
• Cloverland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
• Bennett
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
  • Bennett is located in Douglas County
• Sauntry
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
  • Sauntry is located in Douglas County
• Delta
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Delta is located in Bayfield County
• South Range
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Range
  • South Range is located in Douglas County
• Sutherland
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
  • Sutherland is located in Bayfield 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 Winneboujou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winneboujou.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winneboujou ...

Looking for more information about Winneboujou? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Winneboujou, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winneboujou.

Adding Winneboujou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winneboujou 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 Winneboujou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Winneboujou post office opened in 1898.

We also found Winneboujou on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winneboujou.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Douglas County: www.douglascountywi.org/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/