Welcome to Freistadt ...
Freistadt is located in Ozaukee County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Freistadt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.
Freistadt is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Freistadt lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Freistadt: 262
Communities near Freistadt ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Freistadt.
- Milwaukee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waukesha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Allis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wauwatosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauwatosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
- Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
- New Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brookfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Menomonee Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
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 Freistadt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Freistadt.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Freistadt. 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 Freistadt.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Freistadt. See our Newspapers Page for Freistadt.
Adding Freistadt to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Freistadt 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 Freistadt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Freistadt post office opened in 1853.
We also found Freistadt in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Freistadt.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Ozaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Freistadt - 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/ |