Welcome to Ebenezer ...

Ebenezer is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ebenezer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Ebenezer is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Ebenezer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Ebenezer - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), Florida (2), Georgia (4), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Mississippi (4), Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario (7), Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (5), Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Ebenezer ...

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

• Watertown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Oconomowoc
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Fort Atkinson
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
• Jefferson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
• Delafield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Delafield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,559 people
• Lake Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
• Summit
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Summit is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
• Columbus
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbus is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
• Marshall
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Marshall is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
• Waterloo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 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 Ebenezer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ebenezer.

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

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

Adding Ebenezer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ebenezer post office opened in 1895. The Ebenezer post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ebenezer.