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History · Enterprise

Enterprise’s post office opened in 1905, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

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0on the National Register
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How Enterprise began

When was Enterprise founded?

1905

The Enterprise post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 353121 years
Founding year: the first Enterprise post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Enterprise, in brief

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

Enterprise is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 353 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Enterprise is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 315 to 353 (+12%).

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Enterprise

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

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Alexander H. SmithAmerican mycologist · b. 1904
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Dale WassermanAmerican playwright · b. 1914
Jay LeggettAmerican actor, improvisational comedian, produ… · b. 1963
Mike WebsterAmerican football player · b. 1952
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Justin Orvel SchmidtAmerican entomologist · b. 1947
Carl R. EklundAmerican ornithologist · b. 1909
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Enterprise had its own post office from 1905 to 1931.

Enterprise
1905–1931
19001960today
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Enterprise Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Enterprise
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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.

Schoepke2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelicanIts storyCHarrisonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParrishIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElchoIts storyC

Questions about Enterprise’s history

What year was Enterprise founded?

The Enterprise post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.