Welcome to Okauchee ...
Okauchee is located in Waukesha County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Okauchee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.
Okauchee is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Okauchee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Okauchee: 262
The ZIP code for Okauchee: 53069<3>
Communities near Okauchee ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Okauchee.
- Waukesha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Menomonee Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Watertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Germantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
- Oconomowoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
- Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pewaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
- Richfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Okauchee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Okauchee.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Okauchee. 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 Okauchee.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Okauchee. See our Newspapers Page for Okauchee.
Adding Okauchee to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Okauchee 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 Okauchee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Okauchee post office opened in 1850.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Okauchee.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Okauchee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Okauchee). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Okauchee or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <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/ |