Welcome to Evanswood ...

Evanswood is located in Waupaca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Evanswood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Evanswood is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Evanswood ...

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

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

Communities near Evanswood ...

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

• New London
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New London is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
• Waupaca
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
• Omro
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Omro is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
• Hortonville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
• Winneconne
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
• Redgranite
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
• Manawa
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
• Iola
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Wild Rose
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
• Fremont
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fremont is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 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 Evanswood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Evanswood.

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

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

Adding Evanswood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Evanswood in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Evanswood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Evanswood post office opened in 1854. The Evanswood post office closed in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Evanswood.