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Welcome to Fussville ...

Fussville is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fussville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

Fussville is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Fussville ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Waukesha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • West Allis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (6 miles [9.7 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Brookfield
    (6 miles [9.7 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
  • Greenfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Franklin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • West Bend
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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    • West Bend is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
  • Muskego
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muskego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 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 Fussville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fussville.

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

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

Adding Fussville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fussville post office opened in 1864.

We also found Fussville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fussville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fussville - 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/