Welcome to Gravesville ...

Gravesville is located in Calumet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gravesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Gravesville is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gravesville: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Gravesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gravesville - they are located in Arkansas (2) and New York.

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

Communities near Gravesville ...

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

• Oshkosh
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Neenah
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
• Menasha
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
• Kaukauna
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Harrison
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison is located in Calumet County
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• Little Chute
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• Kimberly
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
• Kiel
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
• Combined Locks
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
• New Holstein
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 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 Gravesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gravesville.

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

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

Adding Gravesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gravesville 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 Gravesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gravesville post office opened in 1860. The Gravesville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gravesville.