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History · Saxon

Saxon’s post office opened in 1887, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Saxon began

When was Saxon founded?

1887

The Saxon post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 290139 years
Founding year: the first Saxon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Saxon, in brief

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

Saxon is a town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 290 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Saxon is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 324 to 290 (-10%).

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

By decade

Saxon, decade by decade

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SaxonWI StoneChurch2017SaxonWI StoneChurchSaxonWI CommercialBuilding2017SaxonWI CommercialBuildingSaxonWI Church2017SaxonWI Church
On the map

Saxon on the map in 1956

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Saxon.

Saxon on the 1956 USGS map1956Saxon sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Saxon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Saxon

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

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John SzarkowskiAmerican curator · b. 1925
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Al RossiAmerican rower · b. 1931
Frank OlsonAmerican chemist · b. 1910
Renee EllmersFormer U.S. Representative from North Carolina · b. 1964
Jennifer OuelletteAmerican science writer · b. 1964
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Otto BinderAmerican writer · b. 1911
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

GurneyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKimballIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAndersonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnightIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Saxon’s history

What year was Saxon founded?

The Saxon post office opened in 1887, 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 (3), 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.