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Welcome to Namur ...

Namur is located in Door County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Namur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Namur is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Namur: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Namur ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Namur - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Namur ...

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

  • Suamico
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Suamico is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
  • Sturgeon Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oconto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Algoma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Luxemburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
  • Casco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Forestville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Forestville is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
  • Rosiere
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Duvall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dyckesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Namur ...

Looking for more information about Namur? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Namur, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Namur.

Adding Namur to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Namur 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 Namur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Namur post office opened in 1872. The Namur post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Namur.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Namur - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Namur area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Namur area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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/