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History · Wittmann

Half of Wittmann’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Wittmann was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wittmann’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wittmann are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wittmann’s history is told.

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The story

How Wittmann came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wittmann.

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The town was first named "Nadaburg", which is a combination of two words, the Spanish word "Nada", which means "nothing" and the German word "burg", which means "castle". R.E. Wells of the Southern Transcontinental Railroad named the site Nadaburg when a railroad switch was installed in the area years before it was formally opened to homesteading as a result of the Department of Interior Act of December 29, 1916.

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Timeline

Wittmann, 1920 to 1929

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1920Post officeThe Nadaburg post office opens
  3. 1929Post officeThe Nadaburg post office closes
  4. 1929Post officeThe Wittman post office opens
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Wittmann

Nobody well known was born in Wittmann itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chester BenningtonAmerican singer, songwriter and musician · b. 1976
Stevie NicksAmerican singer and songwriter born 1948 · b. 1948
Jordin SparksAmerican singer · b. 1989
Barry GoldwaterAmerican politician and military officer · b. 1909
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Kaitlyn DeverAmerican actress · b. 1996
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Brady EllisonAmerican archer · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Nadaburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Nadaburg
1920–1929
Wittman
1929–today
19201970today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Wittmann’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.