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History · Neopit

Neopit’s post office opened in 1908, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

1908first post office
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How Neopit began

When was Neopit founded?

1908

The Neopit post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 616118 years
Founding year: the first Neopit post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Neopit’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 Neopit are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Neopit, in brief

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

Neopit (Menominee: Neyōpet) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 616 at the 2020 census. Neopit is located along Wisconsin Highway 47 at its intersection with County Road M, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Zoar. The name derives from the Menominee name Neyōpet which means "four sitting".

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 690 to 616 (-11%).

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

By decade

Neopit, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Neopit

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

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Ada DeerNative American activist, scholar, and civil se… · b. 1935
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Sheila TouseyAmerican actress · b. 1960
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Marcus OliveiraAmerican boxer · b. 1979
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Chester J. RobertsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
David V. JenningsAmerican politician · b. 1887
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Earl W. SchmidtAmerican judge · b. 1936
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

ZoarIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddle VillageIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Neopit’s history

What year was Neopit founded?

The Neopit post office opened in 1908, 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). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.