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Welcome to Tabor ...

Tabor is located in Racine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tabor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Tabor is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tabor: 262

Communities Also Named Tabor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Tabor - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Tabor ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Kenosha
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
  • Racine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Racine is located in Racine County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
  • West Allis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Greenfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Oak Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 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 Tabor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tabor.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tabor ...

Looking for more information about Tabor? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tabor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tabor.

Adding Tabor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tabor post office opened in 1872. The Tabor post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tabor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Racine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tabor - 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/