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History · Nepeuskun

Nepeuskun’s post office opened in 1849, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

1849first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Nepeuskun began

When was Nepeuskun founded?

1849

The Nepeuskun post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Koro (1850) and Rush Lake (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 724177 years
Founding year: the first Nepeuskun post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nepeuskun’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 Nepeuskun are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Nepeuskun, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1980. Watch Nepeuskun change.Deep rootsA post office since 1849: 177 years of Nepeuskun.
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Start Nepeuskun’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nepeuskun’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Nepeuskun had its own post office from 1849 to 1883. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Nepeuskun
1849–1883
Koro
1850–1903
Rush Lake
1883–1954
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KoroRush Lake
Gone or out of use
Foote SchoolschoolMeadowbrook SchoolschoolOutlet SchoolschoolSchool Number 5schoolStarr Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nepeuskun
KrebsNepeuskun

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Nepeuskun on the map, 1918 to 1980

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

Nepeuskun on the 1918 USGS mapNepeuskun on the 1956 USGS mapNepeuskun on the 1980 USGS map1918Ripon 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 Nepeuskun.

The story so far

Nepeuskun, in brief

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

Nepeuskun, sometimes called Nepeuskin, is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 724 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Koro and Rush Lake are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1849. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 710 in 2010, 724 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Nepeuskun, 1849 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849Post officeThe Nepeuskun post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Koro post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Nepeuskun post office closes
  5. 1883Post officeThe Rush Lake post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903Post officeThe Koro post office closes
  8. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1954Post officeThe Rush Lake post office closes
By decade

Nepeuskun, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Berlin1 historic placeB−Rushford1 historic placeAUticaIts storyB−RiponIts storyB+AuroraIts storyB−

Questions about Nepeuskun’s history

What year was Nepeuskun founded?

The Nepeuskun post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.