Welcome to West De Pere ...

West De Pere is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West De Pere, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for West De Pere: W. De Pere

West De Pere is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West De Pere: 920 & 274<3>

Communities near West De Pere ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West De Pere.

• Green Bay
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• Howard
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Kaukauna
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Bellevue
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Allouez
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Suamico
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Little Chute
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• Hobart
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
• Kimberly
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
• Pulaski
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 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 West De Pere. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West De Pere.

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

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

Adding West De Pere to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West De Pere post office opened in 1875. The West De Pere post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West De Pere.