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History · Plum City

Plum City’s post office opened in 1866, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

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42%homes built before 1940
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How Plum City began

When was Plum City founded?

1866

The Plum City post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 596160 years
Founding year: the first Plum City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Plum City’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 Plum City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Plum City’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plum City’s history is told.

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The story so far

Plum City, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1866. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 599 in 2010, 596 in 2020.

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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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Plum City’s post office has been open since 1866.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Plum City Trailer Court
1cemetery inside Plum City
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Plum City’s history

What year was Plum City founded?

The Plum City post office opened in 1866, 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 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.