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History · Whitestown

19% of Whitestown’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Whitestown’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 Whitestown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Whitestown, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whitestown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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 and places now gone

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

Odin
1869–1874
Rockton
1869–1936
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Rockton
Gone or out of use
Mount Pisgah SchoolschoolO'Connell SchoolschoolOden SchoolschoolSandhill Schoolschool

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

The story so far

Whitestown, in brief

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

Whitestown is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Rockton is located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 502 to 623 (+24%).

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

Timeline

Whitestown, 1869 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Odin post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Rockton post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Odin post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1926On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1936Post officeThe Rockton post office closes
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

Whitestown on the map, 1926 to 1983

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

Whitestown on the 1926 USGS mapWhitestown on the 1965 USGS mapWhitestown on the 1983 USGS map1926La Farge 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 Whitestown.

Famous people

Famous people close to Whitestown

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

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Butch VigAmerican musician and record producer · b. 1955
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Chris MulkeyAmerican actor · b. 1948
Marc MitscherUnited States admiral · b. 1887
Mark C. LeeAmerican astronaut · b. 1952
James GillettAmerican politician · b. 1860
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Bob WoodAmerican basketball player · b. 1921
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ontario1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClinton1 historic placeASheldonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForest1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStarkIts 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.