Welcome to Sechlerville ...
Sechlerville is located in Jackson County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sechlerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.
Sechlerville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Sechlerville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Sechlerville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sechlerville.
- Black River Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osseo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Fairchild
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Merrillan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
- Merrillan is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Ettrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ettrick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Alma Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Sechlerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sechlerville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sechlerville. 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 Sechlerville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sechlerville. See our Newspapers Page for Sechlerville.
Adding Sechlerville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sechlerville 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 for Sechlerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Sechlerville post office opened in 1868.
We also found Sechlerville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sechlerville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sechlerville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |