Welcome to Ashland ...

The city of Ashland is primarily located in Ashland County<1> and is the County Seat for Ashland County. A portion of Ashland extends into Bayfield County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1860.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Ashland has a population of 7,816 people<2> (see below for details).

Ashland is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you leave Ashland and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Telephone area codes for Ashland: (715) and (534)<4>

The ZIP code for Ashland: 54806<5>

Websites for Ashland ...

Official Website: www.ci.ashland.wi.us/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Ashland had an population of 7,816 people. This is a decrease of 4.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.33% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Ashland had a population of 8,216 people (which is 50.85% of the total population of Ashland County). This makes Ashland the county's most populous community.

The population of Ashland represents 0.14% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 115th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 8,216 people, the population of Ashland decreased 4.69% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,620 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Ashland.

Communities Also Named Ashland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 56 communities that are also named Ashland - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ashland ...

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

• Washburn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
• Bayfield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
  • Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
• Mason
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Mason is located in Bayfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Moquah
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
  • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
• Odanah
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
  • Odanah is located in Ashland County
• Benoit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
• Marengo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
  • Marengo is located in Ashland County
• La Pointe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
  • La Pointe is located in Ashland County
• High Bridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
  • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
• Sutherland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 Ashland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashland.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashland. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Ashland.

Adding Ashland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ashland post office opened in 1860.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Ashland: www.ci.ashland.wi.us/

The official website for Ashland County: www.co.ashland.wi.us/

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