Welcome to Rhine ...

Rhine is located in Sheboygan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rhine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863.

Rhine is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rhine: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Rhine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rhine - they are located in Georgia, Kansas and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Rhine ...

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

• Sheboygan
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
• Plymouth
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
• Sheboygan Falls
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
• Chilton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chilton is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
• Kiel
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
• Howards Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
• New Holstein
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
• Oostburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Oostburg is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,082 people
• Kohler
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
• Cleveland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland is located in Manitowoc County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 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 Rhine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rhine.

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

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

Adding Rhine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rhine post office opened in 1863. The Rhine post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rhine.