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Welcome to Myra ...

Myra is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Myra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Myra is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Myra: 262

Communities Also Named Myra ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Myra - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine (2), Manitoba, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Myra ...

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

  • Menomonee Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • West Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mequon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Germantown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Hartford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Deer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
  • Port Washington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedarburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Grafton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Richfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Myra to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Myra post office opened in 1858. The Myra post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Myra.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Myra - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/