Welcome to Hintz ...

Hintz is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hintz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Hintz is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Hintz ...

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

• Shawano
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shawano is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
• Pulaski
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
• Oconto Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
• Bonduel
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Gillett
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gillett is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
• Mountain
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mountain is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
• Armstrong
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
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• Gresham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Gresham is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
• Cecil
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cecil is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
• Lena
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lena is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 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 Hintz. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hintz.

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

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

Adding Hintz to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hintz 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 Hintz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Hintz post office opened in 1898. The Hintz post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hintz.