Welcome to Erdman ...

Erdman is located in Sheboygan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Erdman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Erdman is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Erdman: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Erdman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Erdman - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Erdman ...

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

• Sheboygan
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
• Plymouth
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
• Sheboygan Falls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
• Kiel
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
• Howards Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • 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
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
• Oostburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oostburg is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oostburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,082 people
• Cedar Grove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
• Kohler
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
• Random Lake
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Random Lake is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 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 Erdman. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Erdman.

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

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

Adding Erdman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Erdman 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 Erdman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Erdman post office opened in 1893. The Erdman post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Erdman.