Welcome to Bay Settlement ...
Bay Settlement is located in Brown County<1>.
The location of Bay Settlement has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay Settlement, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.
Bay Settlement is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Bay Settlement lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Bay Settlement ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bay Settlement.
- Green Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- De Pere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Ashwaubenon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Allouez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Suamico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Hobart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Luxemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Bay Settlement. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bay Settlement.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bay Settlement. 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 Bay Settlement.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Settlement. See our Newspapers Page for Bay Settlement.
Adding Bay Settlement to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bay Settlement 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 Bay Settlement was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Bay Settlement post office opened in 1867.
We also found Bay Settlement in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay Settlement.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bay Settlement. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Brown County: www.co.brown.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bay Settlement - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |