Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1923 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coon’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Coon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Coon.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Coon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Coon Valley is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 729 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 728 in 2010, 729 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Coon, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Tlie larger part of the settlers of this region are Norwegians, and those that reside in the Coon valley, and along the Coon river, and its riilges on either side, through the towns of Bergen, Hamburg and Coon, and from the town of Coon and northeast into La Crosse county, (a population of about 1,400 souls) are members of the Coon Valley" Norwegian Lutheran con-
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November, 1857, creating and authorizing the organization of that town. On the 13th of November, 1858, it was resolved as follows: "That, whereas, the town of Coon has failed and neglected to organize under a resolution of this board, passed at its last annual meeting, setting off said town from Jefferson, by not electing officers pursuant to the statute, in such
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November, 1857, creating and authorizing the organization of that town. On the 13th of November, 1858, it was resolved as follows: "That, whereas, the town of Coon has failed and neglected to organize under a resolution of this board, passed at its last annual meeting, setting off said town from Jeffersoti, by not electing officers pursuant to the statute, in such
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The larger part of the settlers of this region are Norwegians, and those that reside in the t'oon valley, and along the Coon river, and its ridges on either side, through the towns of Bergen, Hamburg and Coon, and from the town of Coon and northeast into La Crosse county, (a population of about 1,400 souls) are members of the Coon Valley Norwegian Lutheran con-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Coon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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.
