Welcome to Kolberg ...

Kolberg is located in Door County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kolberg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Kolberg is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kolberg: 920 & 274<3>

Communities near Kolberg ...

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

• Sturgeon Bay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
• Oconto
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oconto is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
• Algoma
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
• Kewaunee
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
• Luxemburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
• Casco
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Casco is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
• Forestville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Forestville is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
• Rosiere
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosiere is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
• Gregorville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
• Namur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Namur is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namur

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kolberg ...

Looking for more information about Kolberg? 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 Kolberg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kolberg.

Adding Kolberg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kolberg post office opened in 1895. The Kolberg post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kolberg.