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History · Mifflin

Mifflin’s post office opened in 1848, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and old-book passages.

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31%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Mifflin began

When was Mifflin founded?

1848

The Mifflin post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 558178 years
Founding year: the first Mifflin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Mifflin’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 Mifflin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19023 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1984. Watch Mifflin change.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Mifflin.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mifflin’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Mifflin on the map, 1902 to 1984

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

Mifflin on the 1902 USGS mapMifflin on the 1952 USGS mapMifflin on the 1984 USGS map1902Mineral Point sheet · 1:125,000

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

Timeline

Mifflin, 1838 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Born hereDaniel B. Moore is born here
  3. 1848Post officeThe Mifflin post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1957Post officeThe Mifflin post office closes
The story

How Mifflin came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mifflin.

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On April 14, 2010, a fireball from outer space streaked across several Midwestern states and landed outside of Mifflin. The highly publicized Mifflin fireball, as it is now known, has produced several pounds of meteorites, and was featured on The Science Channel's Meteorite Men. The meteorite has been studied and classified as a L5 chondrite by scientists at the University of Wisconsin.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Mifflin in 1881

Passages that mention Mifflin, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Passage from History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources...biographical sketches.. that mentions Mifflin
History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources...biographical sketches..1881 · page 807Read the page →
On Section 3-1, near the central part of the town, in the valley between the hills overlooking the waters of the Pecatonica River, is located the attractive village of Mifflin. After the completion of the Mifflin Mills, erected in 1848, Joel Clayton purchased thirteen acres of land from James Wadde…
History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources...biographical sketches..1881 · page 820Read the page →
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On Section 3-1, near the central part of the town, in the valley between the hills overlooking the waters of the Pecatonica River, is located the attractive village of Mifflin. After the completion of the Mifflin Mills, erected in 1848, Joel Clayton purchased thirteen acres of land from James Waddel, and proceeded to plat and survey the present village of Mifflin. This having been accomplished he erected a comfortable log cabin, a story and a half high, which was occupied by his parents for a dwelling a number of years, and subsequently, in 1865, was razed by Mr. Bainbridge. The first store-keepers in Mifflin came principally from Dallas, previously the leading village in the town. Among this number were Messrs. Miller, Ham-

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Mifflin, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Two Tall Silos2015Two Tall SilosTrelay Seeds2015Trelay SeedsFarm near Montfort - panoramio (2)2015Farm near Montfort - panoramio (2)Farm South of Livingston - panoramio (1)2015Farm South of Livingston - panoramio (1)ATC Power Line - panoramio (168)2015ATC Power Line - panoramio (168)WIMap-doton-Mifflin2004WIMap-doton-Mifflin
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Mifflin had its own post office from 1848 to 1957.

Mifflin
1848–1957
18401930today
Gone or out of use
Johnston QuarrymineMifflin Minemine
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mifflin
KirkpatrickLittle German Church On Top Of The HillMifflinPenniel

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.

Belmont1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLindenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLivingstonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCliftonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLimaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mifflin’s history

What year was Mifflin founded?

The Mifflin post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.