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History · Maxville

Maxville’s post office opened in 1858, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

1858first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Maxville began

When was Maxville founded?

1858

The Maxville post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 321168 years
Founding year: the first Maxville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Maxville’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 Maxville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maxville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Maxville, in brief

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

Maxville is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 321 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Maxville, and ghost town of Savoy, are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 309 to 321 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Maxville, 1858 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Maxville post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Maxville post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Maxville on the map in 1972

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

Maxville on the 1972 USGS map1972Ella sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Maxville

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

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Helen ParkhurstAmerican educator, author, and lecturer · b. 1887
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Larry BrandenburgAmerican actor · b. 1948
Ole H. OlsonAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Thomas DreierAmerican editor, writer, advertising executive,… · b. 1884
John R. FoleyAmerican politician · b. 1917
Lucius Roy HolbrookUnited States Army general · b. 1875
Places that used to be

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

Maxville had its own post office from 1858 to 1879.

Maxville
1858–1879
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Savoy
Gone or out of use
Lower Spring Creek SchoolschoolMaxville Bluff SchoolschoolMaxville Prairie SchoolschoolOak Hill SchoolschoolSpring Creek SchoolschoolTraun Bluff Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Maxville
Maxville

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.

FrankfortIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNelsonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCantonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDurandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Maxville’s history

What year was Maxville founded?

The Maxville post office opened in 1858, 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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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.