Welcome to Brillion ...
The city of Brillion is located in Calumet County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brillion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Brillion has a population of 3,075 people<2> (see below for details).
Brillion is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Brillion lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Brillion: 920 & 274<4>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brillion had an population of 3,075 people. This is a decrease of 2.32% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.7% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Brillion had a population of 3,148 people (or 6.42% of the total population of Calumet County). This makes Brillion the county's 4th most populous community.
The population of Brillion represents 0.06% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 288th most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 3,148 people, the population of Brillion increased 7.18% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,937 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Brillion.
Websites for Brillion ...
Official Website: www.ci.brillion.wi.us/
Communities near Brillion ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brillion.
- Appleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Neenah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- De Pere
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Menasha
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Kaukauna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Little Chute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Kimberly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Chilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
- Chilton is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 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 Brillion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brillion.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brillion. 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 Brillion.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brillion. See our Newspapers Page for Brillion.
Adding Brillion to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brillion 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 Brillion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Brillion post office opened in 1855.
We also found Brillion in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brillion.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brillion: www.ci.brillion.wi.us/
The official website for Calumet County: www.co.calumet.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 Calumet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Brillion. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brillion - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Brillion area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Brillion area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |