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History · Beaver

24% of Beaver’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1984 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beaver’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Beaver are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Beaver, in brief

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

Beaver is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 826 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 885 to 826 (-7%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Beaver in 1908

Passages that mention Beaver, cut from the printed page as they were published.

In 1830 James Haney on Beaver Creek, south of Vienna, erected a saw-mill which MM operated for about 35 years. In 1839 .lames (ioodfellow and Zephnnia Sexton built a saw-mill on Beaver Creek about two miles down the stream from the Haney Mill. This mill was operated for a Dumber of years latterly b…
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio1908 · page 189Read the page →
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In 1830 James Haney on Beaver Creek, south of Vienna, erected a saw-mill which MM operated for about 35 years. In 1839 .lames (ioodfellow and Zephnnia Sexton built a saw-mill on Beaver Creek about two miles down the stream from the Haney Mill. This mill was operated for a Dumber of years latterly by Mr. Erus-

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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On the map

Beaver on the map in 1984

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beaver.

Beaver on the 1984 USGS map1984Marshfield sheet · 1:100,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Beaver

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

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George Washington BlanchardAmerican politician · b. 1884
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Jerome P. TheisenAmerican Benedictine monk · b. 1930
Mary LazichAmerican politician · b. 1952
Michael PhairCanadian politician · b. 1950
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Tyler DennettAmerican historian · b. 1883
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Brian BrunkhorstAmerican basketball player · b. 1945
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
LaTart SchoolschoolMaple Center Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Beaver
Beaver

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.

WarnerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen GroveIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoyalIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnityIts 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.