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Welcome to Angelica ...

Angelica is located in Shawano County<1>.

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

Angelica is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Angelica ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Angelica - they are located in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Angelica ...

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

  • Green Bay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Bay is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
  • De Pere
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • De Pere is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
  • Howard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • Ashwaubenon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
  • Allouez
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Allouez is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
  • Suamico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Suamico is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
  • Hobart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
  • Shawano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Shawano is located in Shawano County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
  • Pulaski
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
  • Seymour
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 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 Angelica. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Angelica.

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

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

Adding Angelica to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Angelica 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 Angelica was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Angelica post office opened in 1866. The Angelica post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Angelica.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Shawano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Angelica - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/