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History · Armenia

Armenia’s post office opened in 1858

Most of Armenia was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1969 on.

1858first post office
0on the National Register
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How Armenia began

When was Armenia founded?

1858

The Armenia post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 705168 years
Founding year: the first Armenia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Armenia’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 Armenia 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 Armenia’s history is told.

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The story so far

Armenia, in brief

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

Armenia is a town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 705 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of New Miner is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 699 in 2010, 705 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Armenia, 1858 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Armenia post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Armenia post office closes
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Armenia on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Armenia on the 1969 USGS mapArmenia on the 1985 USGS map1969New Miner 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 Armenia.

Famous people

Famous people close to Armenia

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

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Bonnie BartlettAmerican actress · b. 1929
James DalyAmerican actor · b. 1918
Grim NatwickAmerican artist, animator, and film director · b. 1890
Ed LewisAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1890
Dick TrickleAmerican race car driver · b. 1941
Thor JohnsonAmerican conductor · b. 1913
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Armenia had its own post office from 1858 to 1913.

Armenia
1858–1913
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
New Miner
Gone or out of use
Violet Lawn Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Armenia
GreenwoodNovotnySaint Pauls Evangelical LutheranSearles PrairieZion

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.

MonroeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRomeIts storyDNecedahIts storyDPort EdwardsIts storyCFinley1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSaratoga2 historic placesB−

Questions about Armenia’s history

What year was Armenia founded?

The Armenia post office opened in 1858, 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 Wikidata (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.