Welcome to Briarton ...
Briarton is located in Shawano County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Briarton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
Briarton is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Briarton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Briarton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Briarton.
- Howard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Ashwaubenon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Suamico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Hobart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Shawano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clintonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Bonduel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Black Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 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 Briarton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Briarton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Briarton. 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 Briarton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Briarton. See our Newspapers Page for Briarton.
Adding Briarton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Briarton 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 Briarton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Briarton post office opened in 1883.
We also found Briarton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Briarton.
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 Briarton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |