Welcome to Duplainville ...
Duplainville is located in Waukesha County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Duplainville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
Duplainville is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Duplainville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Duplainville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duplainville.
- Milwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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- Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
- Waukesha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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- Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
- West Allis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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- West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
- Wauwatosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauwatosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
- New Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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- New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Menomonee Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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- Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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- Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
- Muskego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muskego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Muskego is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 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 Duplainville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duplainville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duplainville. 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 Duplainville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duplainville. See our Newspapers Page for Duplainville.
Adding Duplainville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Duplainville 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 Duplainville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Duplainville post office opened in 1856.
We also found Duplainville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Duplainville.
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Duplainville - 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/ |