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History · Green Valley

Green Valley’s post office opened in 1907, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1956 on.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Green Valley began

When was Green Valley founded?

1907

The Green Valley post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Pulicifer (1871) and Advance (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,026119 years

How historic is Green Valley?

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More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Green Valley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Green Valley’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Green Valley is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Green Valley’s overall grade.
Founding era1907, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 194038.4% of homes (±6.7) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 39%
NewerOlder

Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Green Valley’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Green Valley’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 Green Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Green Valley, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Green Valley’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Valley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pulicifer
1871–1973
Advance
1896–1913
Greenvalley
1907–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AdvancePulcifer
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Green Valley
DanishDicksonGreen Valley

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Green Valley, in brief

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

Green Valley is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,026 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Green Valley and unincorporated communities of Advance and Pulcifer are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,089 to 1,026 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Green Valley, 1871 to 1973

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Pulicifer post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Advance post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Greenvalley post office opens
  6. 1913Post officeThe Advance post office closes
  7. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1973Post officeThe Pulicifer post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Green Valley on the map, 1956 to 1984

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

Green Valley on the 1956 USGS mapGreen Valley on the 1974 USGS mapGreen Valley on the 1984 USGS map1956Gillett 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 Green Valley.

Famous people

Famous people close to Green Valley

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

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Deedra IrwinAmerican biathlete · b. 1992
B
Billy ReedMajor League Baseball secondbaseman · b. 1922
L
Lee RemmelSportswriter, Green Bay Packers Public Relation… · b. 1924
G
George BurnsideAmerican football player · b. 1899
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Suzanne KlotzAmerican artist · b. 1944
D
Dan NeumeierAmerican baseball player · b. 1948
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

WashingtonIts storyCAngelicaIts storyC+GillettIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPulciferIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorganIts storyC

Questions about Green Valley’s history

What year was Green Valley founded?

The Green Valley post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Green Valley rank for history?

Green Valley is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Green Valley?

38% of Green Valley’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1964.

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).

From 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.