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Welcome to Young America ...

Young America is located in Washington County<1>.

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

Young America is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Young America: 262

Communities Also Named Young America ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Young America - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas and Minnesota.

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

Communities near Young America ...

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

  • Menomonee Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Mequon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
  • Germantown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Hartford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartford is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
  • Port Washington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
  • Cedarburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarburg is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,783 people
  • Grafton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,758 people
  • Richfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Richfield is located in Washington County
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    • Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
  • Jackson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jackson is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,256 people
  • Slinger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Slinger is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 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 Young America. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Young America.

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

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

Adding Young America to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Young America post office opened in 1865. The Young America post office closed in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Young America.

Footnotes ...

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