Welcome to Aztalan ...

Aztalan is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aztalan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Aztalan is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Aztalan ...

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

• Watertown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Oconomowoc
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Whitewater
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Whitewater is located in Walworth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
• Fort Atkinson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
• Jefferson
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
• Cottage Grove
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
• Edgerton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Edgerton is located in Rock County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
• Summit
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Summit is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
• Columbus
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbus is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
• Marshall
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 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 Aztalan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aztalan.

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

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

Adding Aztalan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Aztalan post office opened in 1839. The Aztalan post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aztalan.