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History · Stubbs

Half of Stubbs’ homes were built after 1981

Most of Stubbs was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stubbs’ 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 Stubbs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Stubbs, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stubbs’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vernona Junction
1888–1891
Verona Junction
1888–1888
Apollonia
1891–1933
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Apollonia
Gone or out of use
Amacoy SchoolschoolHarding SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolReif Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stubbs
Apollonia CatholicApollonia Protestant

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

The story so far

Stubbs, in brief

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

Stubbs is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 523 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Apollonia is located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 579 to 523 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Stubbs, 1888 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Vernona Junction post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Verona Junction post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Verona Junction post office closes
  5. 1891Post officeThe Vernona Junction post office closes
  6. 1891Post officeThe Apollonia post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1933Post officeThe Apollonia post office closes
  9. 1972On 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

Stubbs on the map, 1972 to 1980

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

Stubbs on the 1972 USGS mapStubbs on the 1980 USGS map1972Bruce 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 Stubbs.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stubbs

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

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Ron KovicAnti-war activist · b. 1946
Lois CappsAmerican politician and writer · b. 1938
Jim LeonhardAmerican football player and coach · b. 1982
J. B. Van HollenAmerican lawyer · b. 1966
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Beverley AndersonAmerican alpine skier · b. 1938
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Mark HayesAmerican composer · b. 1953
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ThornappleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBruceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAtlantaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStricklandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig BendIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWeyerhaeuserIts 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, 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.