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Welcome to Breed ...

Breed is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Breed, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Breed is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Breed ...

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

  • Oconto Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Armstrong
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Coleman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cecil
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Suring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pound
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pound is located in Marinette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • White Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • White Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Frostville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Breed to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Breed post office opened in 1888. The Breed post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Breed.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Breed - 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/