Welcome to Beaver Dam ...
The city of Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County<1>.
The location of Beaver Dam has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Beaver Dam has a population of 16,361 people<3> (see below for details).
Beaver Dam is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: Beaver Dam lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area codes for Beaver Dam: (920) and (274)<5>
Websites for Beaver Dam ...
Official Website: www.cityofbeaverdam.com/
Chamber of Commerce: www.beaverdamchamber.com/
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Beaver Dam had an population of 16,361 people. This is an increase of 0.91% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.86% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Beaver Dam had a population of 16,214 people (which is 18.27% of the total population of Dodge County). This makes Beaver Dam the county's most populous community.
The population of Beaver Dam represents 0.29% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 51st most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 16,214 people, the population of Beaver Dam increased 6.89% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 15,169 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Beaver Dam.
Communities Also Named Beaver Dam ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Beaver Dam - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Dam.
Communities near Beaver Dam ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beaver Dam.
- Watertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Waupun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Mayville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Horicon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Juneau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Fox Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Markesan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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 Beaver Dam. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver Dam.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beaver Dam. 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 Beaver Dam.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Dam. Our list includes 11 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Beaver Dam.
Adding Beaver Dam to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Beaver Dam post office opened in 1844.
We also found Beaver Dam in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver Dam.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Beaver Dam: www.cityofbeaverdam.com/
The official website for Dodge County: www.co.dodge.wi.us/
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 Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Beaver Dam. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Dam - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | Area code (274) is an overlay for area code (920). |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |