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History · Naples

21% of Naples’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Naples’ 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 Naples are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Naples, in brief

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

Naples is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 697 at the 2020 census. Part of the city of Mondovi is surrounded by the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 691 in 2010, 697 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Naples, 1891 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Norden post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Norden post office closes
  5. 1932On 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

Naples on the map, 1932 to 1973

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

Naples on the 1932 USGS mapNaples on the 1973 USGS map1932Mondovi 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 Naples.

Famous people

Famous people close to Naples

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

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Callista GingrichU.S. diplomat · b. 1966
Ole H. OlsonAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Leo Ferdinand DworschakCatholic bishop · b. 1900
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Bruce HunterAmerican politician · b. 1955
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Edwin J. PetersonAmerican judge · b. 1930
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John Bethune MelbyAmerican composer · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Armour Valley SchoolschoolHilliard SchoolschoolMondovi AirfieldairportNorden SchoolschoolPace SchoolschoolPeeso SchoolschoolSeyforth Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Naples
Naples

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.

MondoviIts storyC+Albion1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMondoviIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDrammenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDoverIts 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.