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Welcome to Saylesville ...

Saylesville is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saylesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Saylesville is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Saylesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Saylesville: This one is located in Waukesha County and the other is located in Dodge County.

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

Communities near Saylesville ...

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

  • Waukesha
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • West Allis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • 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 northeast)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 northeast)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Greenfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Muskego
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
  • Oconomowoc
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
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    • 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 Saylesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saylesville.

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

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

Adding Saylesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saylesville 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 Saylesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Saylesville post office opened in 1894. The Saylesville post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saylesville.

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 Saylesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/