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History · Cutler

Cutler’s post office opened in 1913

Most of Cutler was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1969 on.

1913first post office
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Cutler began

When was Cutler founded?

1913

The Cutler post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 300113 years
Founding year: the first Cutler post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Cutler, in brief

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

Cutler is a town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census. The town was named in honor of Charles "Fred" Cutler, who had been the Juneau County clerk for thirty years.

Its first post office opened in 1913. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 300 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Cutler, 1913 to 1969

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Cutler post office opens
  3. 1944Post officeThe Cutler post office closes
  4. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cutler, decade by decade

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On the map

Cutler on the map in 1969

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

Cutler on the 1969 USGS map1969Cutler 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 Cutler.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cutler

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

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Kurtwood SmithAmerican actor · b. 1943
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Anne Nicol GaylorAmerican atheist and campaigner for abortion ri… · b. 1926
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Arthur Claude RugeAmerican mechanical engineer · b. 1905
John Emmet SheridanAmerican illustrator · b. 1877
Johnny SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1978
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Alvina KrauseAmerican theatre director · b. 1893
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Cutler had its own post office from 1913 to 1944.

Cutler
1913–1944
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Potter Landing Stripairport
1cemetery inside Cutler
Saint Johns

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.

ByronIts storyCKingstonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrangeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNecedahIts storyDScottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cutler’s history

What year was Cutler founded?

The Cutler post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (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.