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Welcome to Saint Sebald ...

Saint Sebald is located in Clayton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Sebald, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Sebald: St. Sebald

Saint Sebald is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Saint Sebald: 563

Communities near Saint Sebald ...

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

  • Oelwein
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Manchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Fayette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Elkader
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Strawberry Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Edgewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Garnavillo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Elgin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Clermont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Maynard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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 Saint Sebald. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Sebald.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Sebald ...

Looking for more information about Saint Sebald? 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 Saint Sebald, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Sebald.

Adding Saint Sebald to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Sebald 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 (so far) for Saint Sebald was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saint Sebald post office opened in 1866. The Saint Sebald post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Sebald.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Clayton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Sebald - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/