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History · Bluffview

Half of Bluffview’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Bluffview was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1901 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bluffview’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 Bluffview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1975. Watch Bluffview change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bluffview’s history is told.

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On the map

Bluffview on the map, 1901 to 1975

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

Bluffview on the 1901 USGS mapBluffview on the 1958 USGS mapBluffview on the 1975 USGS map1901Denzer 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 Bluffview.

The story so far

Bluffview, in brief

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

Bluffview is a census-designated place in the town of Sumpter, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, with a North Freedom address. As of the 2020 census, Bluffview had a population of 536.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 742 to 536 (-28%).

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

By decade

Bluffview, decade by decade

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Bluffview Wisconsin welcome sign2014Bluffview Wisconsin welcome signBluffview Wisconsin park2014Bluffview Wisconsin park
Famous people

Famous people close to Bluffview

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

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Skylar GreyAmerican singer · b. 1986
Tom WopatAmerican actor · b. 1951
August DerlethAmerican novelist, short story writer, poet, ed… · b. 1909
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Alexander WetmoreAmerican ornithologist and avian paleontologist · b. 1886
Marissa BodeAmerican actress · b. 2000
Daryl MoreyAmerican basketball executive · b. 1972

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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 (2) 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.