Welcome to Ackerville ...

Ackerville is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ackerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Ackerville is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ackerville: 262

Communities Also Named Ackerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ackerville - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Ackerville ...

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

• Brookfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• West Bend
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Mequon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
• Germantown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Oconomowoc
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Hartford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
• Pewaukee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
• Brown Deer
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
• Port Washington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people

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

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

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

Adding Ackerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ackerville 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 Ackerville was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ackerville.