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History · Westboro

Westboro’s post office opened in 1875, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 3 buildings. Below: maps from 1970 on.

1875first post office
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Westboro began

When was Westboro founded?

1875

The Westboro post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 693151 years
Founding year: the first Westboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Westboro’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 Westboro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Westboro’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Westboro’s history is told.

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The story

How Westboro came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Westboro.

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In 1847, surveyors working for the U.S. government walked the six mile squares that would become the town of Westboro. They marked off the outlines of those squares on foot using compass and chain. A crew came back in 1858 to survey all the section lines. When done, the deputy surveyor filed a general description for each six-mile square. Of them, the description of west-central Westboro (T33N R1W) is clearest: This Township contains a few Tamarac and Cedar Swamps of Small extent, most of them unfit for cultivation. The surface is a Rolling Soil first and Second rate. Timber chiefly Hemlock Birch, Maple, Pine, Tamarac and Cedar. There is a large Windfall runs across the North West corner bears in South West and North East Direction Timber Decayed and grown to second Growth Popler.There is several creeks in this Township among which is the Yellow River runs in a North Westerly course ac…

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By decade

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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

Westboro on the map, 1970 to 2005

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

Westboro on the 1970 USGS mapWestboro on the 2005 USGS map1970Westboro 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 Westboro.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Westboro

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area
Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area
Districts
All 1 listings
Mondeaux Dam Recreation AreaDistrict · listed 1984

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Westboro

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

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Dennis MorganAmerican actor · b. 1908
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Jeane DixonAmerican astrologer and psychic · b. 1904
Jack PerkinsActor · b. 1921
Dale LewisAmerican professional and amateur wrestler · b. 1933
Erny PinckertAmerican football player · b. 1907
Donal HordAmerican artist · b. 1902
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Westboro’s post office has been open since 1875.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Queenstown
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Westboro
Mount OliveNorthside

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.

OgemaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRib LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMolitorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChelseaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJump RiverIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGroverIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKennanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenwood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Westboro’s history

What year was Westboro founded?

The Westboro post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Westboro?

One place: the Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area (listed 1984).

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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.