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History · Sextonville

Sextonville’s post office opened in 1849, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

1849first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Sextonville began

When was Sextonville founded?

1849

The Sextonville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 476177 years
Founding year: the first Sextonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sextonville’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 Sextonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1849: 177 years of Sextonville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sextonville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sextonville, in brief

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

Sextonville is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Buena Vista in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. Sextonville is located on U.S. Route 14, southeast of Richland Center. Sextonville has a post office with ZIP code 53584. As of the 2020 census, its population was 476.

Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 551 to 476 (-14%).

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

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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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On the map

Sextonville on the map, 1960 to 1983

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

Sextonville on the 1960 USGS mapSextonville on the 1983 USGS map1960Richland Center 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 Sextonville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sextonville

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

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Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican architect · b. 1867
Raymond Leo BurkeAmerican Catholic cardinal · b. 1948
Lynda BarryAmerican cartoonist · b. 1956
Vernon Wallace ThomsonAmerican politician · b. 1905
Otis B. ThayerActor, Director · b. 1862
George H. HodgesAmerican politician · b. 1866

Questions about Sextonville’s history

What year was Sextonville founded?

The Sextonville post office opened in 1849, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.