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History · Fremont

15% of Fremont’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fremont’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Fremont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fremont.

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This area is of the traditional home of the Menominee and Potawatomi peoples. In the Menominee language it is known as Penāēwīkoh, "partridge place". It was ceded by the Menominee to the United States in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars, following years of negotiations between the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, and United States over how to accommodate the Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Brothertown peoples who were being removed from New York to Wisconsin. The Potawatomi had been forced to cede all of their lands in Wisconsin in 1833 due to poverty and in spite of their support of the United States in the Black Hawk War.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Fremont in 1890

Passages that mention Fremont, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The Towm of Caledonia originally consisted of Township 21, Range 14, but when the Town of Fremont was formed. Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32 were taken therefrom and attached to Fremont.
History of Waupaca county, Wisconsin1890 · page 115Read the page →
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The Towm of Caledonia originally consisted of Township 21, Range 14, but when the Town of Fremont was formed. Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32 were taken therefrom and attached to Fremont.

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Mayo, in the Village of Fremont, in April, 1865. The first town officers, elected at said meeting, were: Chairman — Ira Sumner; Supervisors — A.
History of Waupaca county, Wisconsin1890 · page 118Read the page →
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Mayo, in the Village of Fremont, in April, 1865. The first town officers, elected at said meeting, were: Chairman — Ira Sumner; Supervisors — A.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Fremont, decade by decade

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On the map

Fremont on the map, 1969 to 1984

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

Fremont on the 1969 USGS mapFremont on the 1984 USGS map1969Weyauwega 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 Fremont.

People over time

Fremont, census by census

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Grew from 303 people in 1880 to 689 in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fremont’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Red Banks
Gone or out of use
Fountain Valley Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fremont
LakesideSaint Pauls

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.

CaledoniaIts storyC+WeyauwegaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWolf RiverIts storyB−BloomfieldIts storyC+LindIts storyC

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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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.