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History · Upham

Half of Upham’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Upham was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Upham’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 Upham are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Upham, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Upham’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

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

Summit Lake
1882–today
Koepenick
1890–1925
Bass Lake
1904–1921
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KoepenickSummit Lake
Gone or out of use
Forest Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Upham
Lakeside

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

The story

How Upham came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Upham.

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The town was named in honor of Wisconsin Gov. William H. Upham.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Upham, 1882 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Summit Lake post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Koepenick post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Bass Lake post office opens
  6. 1921Post officeThe Bass Lake post office closes
  7. 1925Post officeThe Koepenick post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Upham

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

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Alexander H. SmithAmerican mycologist · b. 1904
John BradleyNavy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iw… · b. 1923
D. Wayne LukasAmerican horse trainer · b. 1935
Ernest J. DawleyUnited States Army Major general · b. 1886
Joe PiskulaAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1984
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Justin BergAmerican baseball player · b. 1984
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ElchoIts storyCSummitIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNeva1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPeckIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAinsworthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Upham’s history

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Sources

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 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.