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History · Remington

Remington’s post office opened in 1873, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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How Remington began

When was Remington founded?

1873

The Remington post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 230153 years
Founding year: the first Remington post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Remington’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 Remington 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 Remington’s history is told.

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The story

How Remington came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Remington.

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In the spring of 1839 the southern side of the Town of Remington was walked by government surveyors as they measured their way east from the Fourth principal meridian, working their way over to the Wisconsin River, to survey the "Indian strip" along the river which was ceded by the Menominee to the U.S. government in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars.

In the winter of 1851–1852 a crew working for the U.S. government surveyed all the section corners of the six mile square that would become the east half of the town, walking through the woods and probably crossing the marshes on the ice, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description of the east half of the town:

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Remington, 1873 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Remington post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Remington post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Babcock post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Remington, decade by decade

Today2 recent
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On the map

Remington on the map, 1967 to 1984

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

Remington on the 1967 USGS mapRemington on the 1984 USGS map1967Pittsville 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 Remington.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Remington had its own post office from 1873 to 1890.

Remington
1873–1890
Babcock
1890–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Babcock
1cemetery inside Remington
Babcock

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.

Finley1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKingstonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHilesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDexterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBear BluffIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPort EdwardsIts storyCCranmoorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Remington’s history

What year was Remington founded?

The Remington post office opened in 1873, 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 (2), Wikipedia, 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.