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Welcome to Institute ...

Institute is located in Door County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Institute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Institute is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Institute, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Institute: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Institute ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Institute - they are located in Mississippi, North Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Institute ...

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

  • Sturgeon Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
  • Forestville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestville is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
  • Ephraim
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ephraim is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Egg Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Idlewild
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Idlewild is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Jacksonport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksonport is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
  • Salona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Salona is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
  • Baileys Harbor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Baileys Harbor is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Harbor
  • Little Sturgeon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Little Sturgeon is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sturgeon
  • Fish Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Fish Creek is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek

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 Institute. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Institute.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Institute ...

Looking for more information about Institute? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Institute, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Institute.

Adding Institute to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Institute post office opened in 1892. The Institute post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Institute.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Institute - 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 Institute area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Institute 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/