Welcome to Kroghville ...

Kroghville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kroghville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

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

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

Communities near Kroghville ...

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

• Madison
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Madison is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
• Sun Prairie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
• Watertown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Stoughton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Stoughton is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
• Fort Atkinson
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
• McFarland
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • McFarland is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
• Monona
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Monona is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
• Jefferson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
• Windsor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor is located in Dane County
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• Cottage Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 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 Kroghville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kroghville.

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

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

Adding Kroghville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kroghville post office opened in 1862. The Kroghville post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kroghville.