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History · Lindina

32% of Lindina’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1921 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lindina’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 Lindina are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19213 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1983. Watch Lindina change.Old housesHalf of Lindina’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lindina’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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On the map

Lindina on the map, 1921 to 1983

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

Lindina on the 1921 USGS mapLindina on the 1962 USGS mapLindina on the 1983 USGS map1921Mauston 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 Lindina.

The story so far

Lindina, in brief

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

The Town of Lindina is in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 685 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 718 to 685 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Lindina, 1898 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Suldal post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Suldal post office closes
  5. 1921On 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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lindina

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

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Kurtwood SmithAmerican actor · b. 1943
Tommy Thompson19th United States Secretary of Health and Huma… · b. 1941
Marc MitscherUnited States admiral · b. 1887
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Elmore Y. SarlesAmerican politician · b. 1859
Orland Steen LoomisAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Alvina KrauseAmerican theatre director · b. 1893
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Alton SchoolschoolElroy QuarrymineRock Valley Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lindina
EvergreenPlymouthRock ValleySaint AnnsSuldal

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.

Mauston2 historic placesBPlymouthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLemonweirIts storyC+LisbonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummitIts 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 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.