Welcome to Slovan ...

Slovan is located in Kewaunee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slovan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Slovan is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Slovan: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Slovan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Slovan - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Slovan ...

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

• Bellevue
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Algoma
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
• Kewaunee
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
• Luxemburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
• Denmark
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Denmark is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
• Forestville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Forestville is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
• Euren
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
• Gregorville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Gregorville is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorville
• Ellisville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
• Krok
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Krok is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krok

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 Slovan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Slovan.

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

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

Adding Slovan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Slovan post office opened in 1878. The Slovan post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slovan.