Welcome to Krok ...
Krok is located in Kewaunee County<1>.
Google driving directions from your current location to Krok
We aren't confident of the location of Krok, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Krok, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.
Krok is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Krok lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Krok: 920 & 274<4>
Communities near Krok ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Krok.
- Green Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Allouez
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Two Rivers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers
- Two Rivers is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,973 people
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Two Rivers
From Krok to Two Rivers
- Algoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Kewaunee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Luxemburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Denmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Mishicot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Francis Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Francis Creek
From Krok to Francis 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 Krok. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Krok.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Krok. 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 Krok.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Krok. See our Newspapers Page for Krok.
Adding Krok to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Krok 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 for Krok was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Krok post office opened in 1875.
We also found Krok in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Krok.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Krok. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kewaunee County: www.kewauneeco.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Kewaunee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Krok - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Krok area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Krok area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |