Welcome to Laney ...
Laney is located in Shawano County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Laney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
Laney is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Laney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Laney ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Laney - they are located in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Laney.
Communities near Laney ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Laney.
- Green Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Pere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
- Ashwaubenon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allouez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Suamico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
- Suamico is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
- Hobart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hobart is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Shawano
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seymour
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Oconto Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Laney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Laney.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Laney. 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 Laney.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Laney. See our Newspapers Page for Laney.
Adding Laney to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Laney 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 Laney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Laney post office opened in 1870.
We also found Laney in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Laney.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Shawano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Laney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |