Welcome to Plat ...

Plat is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Plat is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Plat: 262

Communities near Plat ...

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

• Waukesha
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
• West Allis
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
• Wauwatosa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
• New Berlin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
• Brookfield
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• West Bend
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Mequon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
• Germantown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Oconomowoc
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 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 Plat. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plat.

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

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

Adding Plat to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plat 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 Plat was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plat.