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History · Stanton

15% of Stanton’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stanton’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 Stanton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Stanton, in brief

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

Stanton is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 758 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 791 to 758 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Stanton, 1873 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Granger post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Granger post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Stanton on the map, 1946 to 1974

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

Stanton on the 1946 USGS mapStanton on the 1974 USGS map1946Knapp 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 Stanton.

People over time

Stanton, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 791

Between 637 and 791 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Stanton

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

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Madilyn BaileyAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1992
Burleigh GrimesAmerican baseball player and manager · b. 1893
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Ethan IversonAmerican pianist · b. 1973
Harry MillerRacecar driver · b. 1875
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Marvin PanchAmerican racing driver · b. 1926
Andy PafkoBaseball player · b. 1921
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Granger, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Ebenezer ChurchchurchGoff SchoolschoolGranger SchoolschoolMaple Ridge SchoolschoolMeadow Brook SchoolschoolPeck SchoolschoolPleasant Dale Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Stanton
Forest Hill

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.

ShermanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnappIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLucasIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDowningIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpringfieldIts storyB−BoycevilleIts storyC+TiffanyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlenwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, 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.