Welcome to Sobieski ...

Sobieski is located in Oconto County<1>.

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

Sobieski is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Sobieski ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sobieski - they are located in Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Sobieski ...

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

• Green Bay
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• De Pere
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Howard
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Allouez
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Suamico
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suamico have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suamico
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Hobart
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
• Oconto
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconto
  • Oconto is located in Oconto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,575 people
• Pulaski
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
• Seymour
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
  • Seymour is located in Outagamie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 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 Sobieski. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sobieski.

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

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

Adding Sobieski to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sobieski post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sobieski.