Welcome to Gibbsville ...

Gibbsville is located in Sheboygan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibbsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Gibbsville is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gibbsville: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Gibbsville ...

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

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

Communities near Gibbsville ...

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

• Sheboygan
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
• Port Washington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
• Plymouth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
• Sheboygan Falls
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
• Saukville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Saukville is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,437 people
• Howards Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
• Belgium
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Belgium is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,364 people
• Fredonia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fredonia is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,251 people
• Cedar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
• Kohler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 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 Gibbsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gibbsville.

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

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

Adding Gibbsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gibbsville 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 (so far) for Gibbsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gibbsville post office opened in 1846. The Gibbsville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibbsville.