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Greenfield is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 677 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Raymore, Spring Bank Park, and Tunnel City are located within the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 707 to 677 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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History of Monroe County Wisconsin1912 · page 662Read the page →
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the village of Humbird, Wis., after he became identified with Monroe county, and embarked in the cabinet and furniture business in Sparta, Monroe county, in 1857; the following year he moved to Greenfield township, where he endured the privations and hardships of those pioneer days, cleared the land and engaged in hop-raising, and afterward took up the work for the railroad as above mentioned. In 1892, he returned to his farm of 240 acres in the town of Greenfield, which has since been his
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History of Monroe County Wisconsin1912 · page 583Read the page →
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eare by Rev. A. Wagner. October 1, 1858, he was made pastor of Bethany church and St. Michael's, near Hustisford, and through the instrumentality of Rev. G. Faehtmann he located at Mormon Cooley, town of Shelby (formerly town of Greenfield), July 9, 1862. He died, seventy-one years of age, Jure 14, 1890. The next pastor was Rev. Henry C. Dagcfoerde, who was influeneed by the powerful sermons of Pastor Ludwig Harms to enter the Hermannsburg Foreign Mission Institute at Hermanns-
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History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, past and present1912 · page 561Read the page →
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care by Rev. A. Wagner. October 1, 1858, he Avas made pastor of Bethany church and St. INIichael's, near Hustisford, and through the instrumentality of Rev. G. Fachtmann he located at IMormon Cooley, town of Shelby (formerly town of Greenfield), July 9, 1862. He died, seventy-one years of age, June 14, 1890. The next pastor was Rev. Henry C. Dagefoerde, who was influenced by the powerful sermons of Pastor Ludwig Harms to enter the Hermannsburg Foreign Mission Institute at Hermanns-
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History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, past and present1912 · page 538Read the page →
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tory being attached to the town of Greenfield, as it is no longer in existence its history is of little importance and will not be entered into.
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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 →
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