Welcome to Wells ...

Wells is primarily located in Calumet County<1>. A portion of Wells extends into Manitowoc County.

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

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

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

Area Codes for Wells: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Wells ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Wells - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York (2), North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Wells ...

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

• Manitowoc
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Manitowoc is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,359 people
• Kaukauna
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Harrison
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Harrison is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
• Little Chute
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• Kimberly
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
• Chilton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chilton is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
• Kiel
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kiel is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,799 people
• Wrightstown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wrightstown is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
• Combined Locks
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
• New Holstein
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • New Holstein is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 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 Wells. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wells.

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

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

Adding Wells to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wells post office opened in 1894. The Wells post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wells.