Welcome to Morgan ...

Morgan is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morgan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Morgan is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Morgan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Morgan: This one is located in Oconto County and the other is located in Shawano County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 41 communities that are also named Morgan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Georgia (2), Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Morgan ...

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

• Howard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Suamico
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Oconto
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oconto is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
• Pulaski
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
• Oconto Falls
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oconto Falls is located in Oconto County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
• Bonduel
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bonduel is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonduel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
• Gillett
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gillett is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
• Cecil
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cecil is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
• Lena
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lena is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
• Suring
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Suring is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suring
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 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 Morgan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morgan.

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

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

Adding Morgan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Morgan post office opened in 1881. The Morgan post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morgan.