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Welcome to Ulao ...

Ulao is located in Ozaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ulao, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

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

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

Area Code for Ulao: 262

Communities near Ulao ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Menomonee Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • West Bend
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mequon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Germantown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Whitefish Bay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Shorewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
  • Glendale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
  • Brown Deer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 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 Ulao. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ulao.

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

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

Adding Ulao to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ulao post office opened in 1850. The Ulao post office closed in 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ulao.

Footnotes ...

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