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History · Hutchins

Hutchins’ post office opened in 1879, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Hutchins began

When was Hutchins founded?

1879

The Hutchins post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 500147 years
Founding year: the first Hutchins post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hutchins’ 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 Hutchins are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Hutchins’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hutchins’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Hutchins, in brief

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

Hutchins is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 500 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 600 to 500 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Hutchins, 1879 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Hutchins post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Hutchins post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1964On 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

Hutchins on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Hutchins on the 1964 USGS mapHutchins on the 1982 USGS map1964Wittenberg 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 Hutchins.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Hutchins had its own post office from 1879 to 1895.

Hutchins
1879–1895
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Shelley Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hutchins
Holy FamilyWoodlawn

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.

AniwaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlmonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMenomineeIts storyDBirnamwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hutchins’ history

What year was Hutchins founded?

The Hutchins post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

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.