Welcome to Kolb ...

Kolb is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kolb, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Kolb is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kolb: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Kolb ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kolb - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Kolb ...

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

• Green Bay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• De Pere
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Howard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Kaukauna
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Allouez
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Suamico
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Little Chute
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• Hobart
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
• Wrightstown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrightstown is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 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 Kolb. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kolb.

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

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

Adding Kolb to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kolb post office opened in 1887. The Kolb post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kolb.