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Welcome to Gills Landing ...

Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gills Landing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

A typical abbreviation for Gills Landing: Gills Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gills Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Gills Landing for more information about variations on the name of Gills Landing.

Gills Landing is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Gills Landing ...

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

  • Fox Crossing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • New London
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • New London is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
  • Waupaca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Omro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hortonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Winneconne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Manawa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Iola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Shiocton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
  • Bear Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 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 Gills Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gills Landing.

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

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

Adding Gills Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gills Landing in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gills Landing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Gills Landing post office opened in 1859. The Gills Landing post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gills Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gills Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/