Welcome to Gillingham ...
Gillingham is located in Richland County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Gillingham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.
Gillingham is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Gillingham lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Gillingham: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Gillingham ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gillingham - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gillingham.
Communities near Gillingham ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gillingham.
- Richland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Muscoda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Wonewoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- La Farge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Soldiers Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Blue River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Readstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 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 Gillingham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gillingham.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gillingham. 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 Gillingham.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillingham. See our Newspapers Page for Gillingham.
Adding Gillingham to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Gillingham 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 Gillingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Gillingham post office opened in 1880. The Gillingham post office closed in 1983.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Gillingham.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gillingham - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Gillingham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Gillingham area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |