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Oliver’s post office opened in 1914, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Oliver began

When was Oliver founded?

1914

The Oliver post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 423112 years
Founding year: the first Oliver post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oliver’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 Oliver are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oliver’s history is told.

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The story so far

Oliver, in brief

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

Oliver is a village in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 423 at the 2020 census. Oliver is located 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the city of Superior and 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east of Gary – New Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 399 to 423 (+6%).

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

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Oliver, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Oliver

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

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Bob DylanAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1941
Jessica LangeAmerican actress · b. 1949
Oliver E. WilliamsonAmerican economist · b. 1932
Jeffrey WilliamsAmerican astronaut · b. 1958
Bill BerryAmerican musician; drummer for R.E.M. · b. 1958
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Don LaFontaineAmerican voice actor · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Oliver had its own post office from 1914 to 1916.

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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.

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Questions about Oliver’s history

What year was Oliver founded?

The Oliver post office opened in 1914, 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), 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.