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History · Aniwa

28% of Aniwa’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Aniwa’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 Aniwa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Aniwa, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aniwa yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Aniwa is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Aniwa. U.S. Route 45 runs north–south through the village.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 541 to 517 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Aniwa, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PleasantLakeParkAniwaWisconsin2020PleasantLakeParkAniwaWisconsinAniwaWisconsinVillageHall2020AniwaWisconsinVillageHallAniwaWisconsinTownHall2020AniwaWisconsinTownHallAniwaWisconsinDowntown2020AniwaWisconsinDowntownAniwa Wisconsin post office2016Aniwa Wisconsin post officeWIMap-doton-Aniwa2005WIMap-doton-Aniwa
On the map

Aniwa on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Aniwa on the 1964 USGS mapAniwa on the 1982 USGS map1964Wittenberg sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Aniwa, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 367

Between 233 and 367 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Aniwa’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Aniwa

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

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John BradleyNavy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iw… · b. 1923
D. Wayne LukasAmerican horse trainer · b. 1935
Ernest J. DawleyUnited States Army Major general · b. 1886
Joe PiskulaAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1984
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Justin BergAmerican baseball player · b. 1984
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Chester J. RobertsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Middle Branch SchoolschoolMidway Schoolschool

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.

HutchinsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRollingIts storyC+Plover1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirnamwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirnamwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.