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History · Hixon

43% of Hixon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1984 on.

0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hixon’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 Hixon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hixon’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hixon’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Hixon came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hixon.

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The outline of the six mile square that would become Hixon was first surveyed in the summer of 1847 by a crew working for the U.S. government. Then in late 1853 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and swamps, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hixon, 1855 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Clark post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Clark post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1984On 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

Hixon on the map in 1984

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hixon.

Hixon on the 1984 USGS map1984Marshfield sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hixon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hixon

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

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Andy NorthAmerican golfer, PGA Tour member, U.S. Open cha… · b. 1950
George Washington BlanchardAmerican politician · b. 1884
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Gary ReinekeCanadian actor · b. 1940
Dale LewisAmerican professional and amateur wrestler · b. 1933
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Brian BrunkhorstAmerican basketball player · b. 1945
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Harland CarlAmerican football player · b. 1931
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Clark
Gone or out of use
Oakvale SchoolschoolWhite Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hixon
NazarethRiverside

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.

WitheeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOwen2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLongwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaplehurstIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWitheeIts storyB−HoardIts 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.