Post Lake

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Post Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Elcho, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. Post Lake is 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Crandon. As of the 2020 census, its population was 343, down from 374 at the 2010 census. A post office was established in 1884, but it was eventually discontinued in 1913.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Post Lake, WI from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in Wisconsin

• Elcho
  4.8 mi away
• Crandon
  13.4 mi away · pop. 1,365
• Argonne
  18.8 mi away
• Antigo
  20.2 mi away
• Mattoon
  29.5 mi away
• Aniwa
  29.6 mi away
• Neopit
  33.6 mi away
• Merrill
  34.3 mi away
• Mountain
  34.6 mi away
• Birnamwood
  34.9 mi away
• Lake Tomahawk
  35.2 mi away
• Goodman
  38.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Post Lake

Post-conference proceedings, National Youth Participation Conference

National Youth Participation Conference (1980 Lake Geneva, Wisc.) · 1981

Post-glacial fishes from a Lake Michigan drainage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Susan Teller-Marshall · 1978

The French Regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest

Louise Phelps Kellogg · 1925

Wisconsin Gazetteer

John Warren Hunt · 2018

Wisconsin and its resources

James S. Ritchie · 1857

Post-Wisconsin forest migration in North-western Montana, Central Alberta and the Athabaska and Great Slave Lake Regions

Robert Sumner Sigafoos · 1950

Wisconsin gazetteer

John Warren Hunt · 1853

Phytosociology of the primeval forest in Central-Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, and a brief post-glacial history of the lake forest formation

John Ernest Potzger · 1946

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

Seen 2026-09-11

Long-tailed Aphideater Complex

Eupeodes americanus

Seen 2026-09-05

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Seen 2026-09-05

purple pitcher plant

Sarracenia purpurea

Seen 2026-09-05

round-leaved sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-05

Bald-faced Hornet

Dolichovespula maculata

Seen 2026-08-30

Widow Yellowjacket

Vespula vidua

Seen 2026-08-30

Fall Webworm Moth

Hyphantria cunea

Seen 2026-08-13

bluebead lily

Clintonia borealis

Seen 2026-08-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-18 08:00 UTC.