Welcome to New Franken ...
New Franken is located in Brown County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of New Franken, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
New Franken is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: New Franken lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for New Franken: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near New Franken ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Franken.
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- De Pere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Howard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Ashwaubenon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Allouez
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Suamico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Hobart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Algoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
- Kewaunee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 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 New Franken. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Franken.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Franken. 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 New Franken.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Franken. See our Newspapers Page for New Franken.
Adding New Franken to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of New Franken 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 New Franken was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the New Franken post office opened in 1852.
We also found New Franken in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for New Franken.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Franken. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Brown County: www.co.brown.wi.us/
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 Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Franken - 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 New Franken area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the New Franken area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |