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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
- Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
- Port Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington
- Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Saukville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Howards Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Belgium
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Belgium is located in Ozaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,364 people
- Fredonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Kohler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
- 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 for Gibbsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Gibbsville post office opened in 1846.
We also found Gibbsville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibbsville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gibbsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sheboygan County: www.co.sheboygan.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sheboygan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gibbsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Gibbsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Gibbsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |