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History · Hortonville

Hortonville’s post office opened in 1883, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

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41%homes built before 1940
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How Hortonville began

When was Hortonville founded?

1883

The Hortonville post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

143 years
Founding year: the first Hortonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hortonville’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 Hortonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hortonville’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hortonville’s history is told.

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The story

How Hortonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hortonville.

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A post office was established at Hortonville in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. The community's namesake, John B. Horton, served as first postmaster.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Hortonville on the map, 1953 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hortonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hortonville on the 1953 USGS mapHortonville on the 1969 USGS mapHortonville on the 1986 USGS mapHortonville on the 1992 USGS map1953Westfield sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hortonville.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Hortonville’s history

What year was Hortonville founded?

The Hortonville post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.