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History · Shiocton

Shiocton dates to 1850, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1910.

1850founded
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Shiocton began

When was Shiocton founded?

1850

Shiocton dates its founding to 1850 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 536 in 19102020 census: 939176 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1855.The full story ↓

What stands out about Shiocton’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 Shiocton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Shiocton’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shiocton’s history is told.

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The story

How Shiocton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Shiocton.

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In the Menominee language, this place is known as Māēnomehsāyak 'wild rice along the banks'. The name refers to the wild rice which is a traditional staple of the diets of many Native Americans living in the area, particularly the Menominee, whose name in English is ultimately from an Ojibwe word meaning 'people of the wild rice'. The Menominee ceded this territory to the United States in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars, after years of negotiations about how to accommodate the Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Brothertown peoples who were being removed from New York to Wisconsin.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Shiocton, 1850 to 1976

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850
    FoundingShiocton is established
  3. 1855Post officeThe Shiocton post office opens
  4. 1872Post officeThe Shiocton Station post office opens
  5. 1874Post officeThe Shiocton Station post office closes
  6. 1875Born hereJesse H. Ames is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1976Born hereClint Kriewaldt is born here
By decade

Shiocton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
ShioctonSchoolsWisconsin2010ShioctonSchoolsWisconsinShioctonPublicLibraryWisconsin2010ShioctonPublicLibraryWisconsinShioctonDowntown2WIS762010ShioctonDowntown2WIS76ShioctonAirportWIS542010ShioctonAirportWIS54ShioctonAirportOverviewWIS542010ShioctonAirportOverviewWIS54BarteauBridgeShioctonWisconsinWIS1872010BarteauBridgeShioctonWisconsinWIS187
On the map

Shiocton on the map, 1969 to 1992

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

Shiocton on the 1969 USGS mapShiocton on the 1992 USGS map1969Shiocton 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 Shiocton.

People over time

Shiocton, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 954

Between 501 and 954 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Shiocton’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Shiocton

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Clint KriewaldtAmerican football player · b. 1976
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Jesse H. AmesAmerican football coach and college administrat… · b. 1875
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Shiocton’s post office has been open since 1855. Another post office, Shiocton Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Shiocton
1855–today
Shiocton Station
1872–1874
18501940today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Shiocton’s history

What year was Shiocton founded?

In 1850, according to Wikidata. Shiocton’s post office opened in 1855, and the census of 1910 counted 536 people here.

Memory lane

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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.