Do you know of Galesburg ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Galesburg. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Galesburg.

Our sources for Galesburg (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Galesburg other than they indicate that Galesburg would be found somewhere in Shawano County, Wisconsin.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Galesburg ...

We found eight communities that share the name Galesburg.

Within Wisconsin, the name Galesburg is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Knox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Galesburg [Knox County].
  • Iowa
    • Jasper County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Galesburg [Jasper County].
  • Kansas
    • Neosho County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Galesburg [Neosho County].
  • Michigan
    • Kalamazoo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Galesburg [Kalamazoo County].
  • Missouri
    • Jasper County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Galesburg [Jasper County].
    • Putnam County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Galesburg [Putnam County].
  • North Dakota
    • Traill County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Galesburg [Traill County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Galesburg.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Galesburg ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Galesburg:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Galesburg - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Galesburg.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 55/28175   (Place Name: Galesburg)

County: Shawano     (FIPS State/County: 55/115)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Shawano County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Shawano County.