Welcome to Fillmore ...
Fillmore is located in Washington County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fillmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.
Fillmore is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Fillmore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Fillmore: 262
Communities Also Named Fillmore ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Fillmore - they are located in California (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fillmore.
Communities near Fillmore ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fillmore.
- West Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mequon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mequon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
- Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mequon
- From Fillmore to Mequon
- Germantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germantown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Germantown is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
- Port Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Richfield is located in Washington County
- Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Richfield
- From Fillmore to Richfield
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Slinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slinger have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 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 Fillmore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fillmore.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fillmore. 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 Fillmore.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fillmore. See our Newspapers Page for Fillmore.
Adding Fillmore to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fillmore 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 Fillmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Fillmore post office opened in 1849.
We also found Fillmore in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fillmore.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fillmore - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |