Welcome to Charlesburg ...

Charlesburg is located in Calumet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Charlesburg, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Charlesburg is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Charlesburg: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Charlesburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Charlesburg - they are located in Kansas and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Charlesburg.

Communities near Charlesburg ...

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

• Oshkosh
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Fond du Lac
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
• Harrison
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
• Plymouth
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
• North Fond du Lac
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
• Chilton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chilton is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
• Kiel
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
• Howards Grove
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
• New Holstein
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
• Brillion
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Brillion is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 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 Charlesburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Charlesburg.

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

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

Adding Charlesburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Charlesburg 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 Charlesburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Charlesburg.