The story so far
Wingville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wingville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 357 to 378 (+6%).
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History · Wingville
19% of Wingville’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1952 on and old-book passages.
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
1famous people
What stands out about Wingville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Wingville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wingville’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.From the old history books
What they wrote about Wingville in 1900
Passages that mention Wingville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Grant County Wisconsin1900 · page 728Read the page →
Read the text
The early settlement of this village was just across the line in Iowa County. An addition to the plat was filed in April, 1841, in Section 12, of what is now the town of Wingville, immediately on the county line. The main street of the village was then on the county line. There were some good mines in the vicinity of the village.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Wingville, decade by decade
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Wingville on the map, 1952 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wingville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Montfort sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wingville.
Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Gone or out of use
Cass Valley Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Wingville
Ebenezer
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.
MontfortIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastle RockIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFennimoreIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCliftonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighlandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.