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History · Hendren

23% of Hendren’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hendren’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 Hendren are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Hendren came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hendren.

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Hendren was named for William T. Hendren, a member of the clergy who helped organize churches in the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hendren, 1898 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Tioga post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Willard post office opens
  5. 1953Post officeThe Tioga post office closes
  6. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Hendren on the map, 1953 to 1979

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

Hendren on the 1953 USGS mapHendren on the 1979 USGS map1953Neillsville 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 Hendren.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hendren

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

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Virginia SatirAmerican psychotherapist & non-fiction author · b. 1916
Carole LandisAmerican actress · b. 1919
Andy NorthAmerican golfer, PGA Tour member, U.S. Open cha… · b. 1950
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Gary ReinekeCanadian actor · b. 1940
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Jerome P. TheisenAmerican Benedictine monk · b. 1930
Mary LazichAmerican politician · b. 1952
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Tioga, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Tioga
1898–1953
Willard
1908–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
TiogaWillard
Gone or out of use
McKinley Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hendren
Holy FamilyWillard

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.

MeadIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFosterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSeifIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEatonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, 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.