Welcome to Nowell ...

So far, we found very little information about Nowell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nowell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nowell, please Contact Us.

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Nowell would have been located within present day Waupaca County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nowell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nowell is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Nowell was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Nowell ...

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

• New London
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • New London is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
• Waupaca
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
• Clintonville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
• Hortonville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
• Weyauwega
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
• Black Creek
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
• Manawa
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
• Iola
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Marion
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Shiocton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 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 Nowell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nowell.

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

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

Adding Nowell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nowell in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Nowell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Nowell post office opened in 1889. The Nowell post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nowell.