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Welcome to Armstrong ...

Armstrong is located in Fond du Lac County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Armstrong, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Armstrong is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Armstrong: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Armstrong ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Armstrong - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas (3), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Armstrong ...

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

  • Fond du Lac
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • West Bend
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sheboygan Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • North Fond du Lac
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
    • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
  • Kewaskum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kewaskum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
    • Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
  • Kiel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Holstein
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lomira
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Campbellsport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Armstrong to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Armstrong 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 Armstrong was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Armstrong post office opened in 1883.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Armstrong.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Fond du Lac, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Armstrong - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Armstrong area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Armstrong area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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