Welcome to Symco ...

Symco is located in Waupaca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Symco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.

Symco is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Symco ...

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

• New London
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New London is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
• Waupaca
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
• Clintonville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
• Hortonville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
• Weyauwega
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
• Manawa
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
• Iola
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Marion
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Amherst
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Shiocton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 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 Symco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Symco.

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

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

Adding Symco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Symco post office opened in 1865. The Symco post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Symco.