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History · Necedah

Necedah’s post office opened in 1854, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Weston-Babcock House. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1968 on.

1854first post office
1on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
4famous people
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From Necedah’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Necedah began

When was Necedah founded?

1854

The Necedah post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 924172 years
Founding year: the first Necedah post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Necedah’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Old housesHalf of Necedah’s homes were built before 1962.
★ What stands out · The story so far

Necedah, in brief

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

Necedah is a village in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Necedah.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 916 in 2010, 924 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Necedah, 1854 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Necedah post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1943Born hereJim Sauter is born here
  5. 1962Born hereJay Sauter is born here
  6. 1968In the archiveBOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow …
  7. 1978Born hereJohnny Sauter is born here
  8. 1982Born hereTravis Sauter is born here
By decade

Necedah, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s6 items
BOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Nece…1968BOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNE…DECK UNDERSIDE VIEW SHOWING CENTRAL PIER AND STEEL TUBE ABUTMENTS. LOOKING EAST - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River bet…1968DECK UNDERSIDE VIEW SHOWING CENTRAL PIER AND STEEL TU…DETAIL SHOWING DOUBLE TIED ANGLE IRON AND LOOPED EYEBAR BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River bet…1968DETAIL SHOWING DOUBLE TIED ANGLE IRON AND LOOPED EYEB…DISTANT BRIDGE ELEVATION LOOKING SOUTH - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Necedah1968DISTANT BRIDGE ELEVATION LOOKING SOUTH - Sprague Brid…PINNED TOP CHORD-ENDPOST CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Necedah1968PINNED TOP CHORD-ENDPOST CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge,…ROADWAY VIEW LOOKING EAST - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Necedah1968ROADWAY VIEW LOOKING EAST - Sprague Bridge, Over Yell…
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

BOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Nece…
Retake this viewBOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNECTION - Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia and Nece…, 1968

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Necedah’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Necedah

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Weston-Babcock House
Weston-Babcock House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Neo-Classical Revival1
Weston-Babcock HouseNeo-Classical Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

4 famous people were born in Necedah

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Johnny SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1978
Travis SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1982
Jay SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1962
J
Jim SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1943
Help out

Finish Necedah’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICA…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Necedah’s history

What year was Necedah founded?

The Necedah post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Necedah?

One place: the Weston-Babcock House (listed 1979).

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.