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History · Dairyland

Dairyland’s post office opened in 1925, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

1925first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Dairyland began

When was Dairyland founded?

1925

The Dairyland post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 211101 years
Founding year: the first Dairyland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Dairyland, in brief

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

Dairyland is a town in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 211 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Cozy Corner, Dairyland, and Moose Junction are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1925. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 184 to 211 (+15%).

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

Timeline

Dairyland, 1925 to 1955

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925Post officeThe Dairyland post office opens
  3. 1927Post officeThe Dairyland post office closes
  4. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Dairyland, decade by decade

Today4 recent
SYSTEM MAP - Class A Members2022SYSTEM MAP - Class A MembersMapDairyland Town Hall, Wisconsin2018Dairyland Town Hall, WisconsinNPS saint-croix-river-map-4-gordon-dam-landing2016NPS saint-croix-river-map-4-gordon-dam-landingMapWIMap-doton-Dairyland2004WIMap-doton-Dairyland
On the map

Dairyland on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

Dairyland on the 1955 USGS mapDairyland on the 1983 USGS map1955Webb Lake 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 Dairyland.

Famous people

Famous people close to Dairyland

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

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Oliver E. WilliamsonAmerican economist · b. 1932
Jeffrey WilliamsAmerican astronaut · b. 1958
Richard BongUnited States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1920
Marian NixonActress · b. 1904
Lewis B. SchwellenbachSecretary of Labor · b. 1894
Places that used to be

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

Dairyland had its own post office from 1925 to 1927.

Dairyland
1925–1927
19201970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cozy CornerMoose Junction
Gone or out of use
Carpenter Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dairyland
DairylandRiverhill

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.

BlaineIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummitIts storyCWascottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGordon2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Dairyland’s history

What year was Dairyland founded?

The Dairyland post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (4), 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.