Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1985 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodland’s history is told.
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Woodland.
It is erroneously thought to be the birthplace of baseball hall of famer Addie Joss, who was actually born in Woodland, Dodge County.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Woodland, cut from the printed page as they were published.
TOWN AND VILLAGE OF LAVALLE, The town of Lavalle is formed of Township 13 north, Range 3 east, lying in the north tier of towns of Sauk County, and, were it not for the town of Woodland, Avhich stands by itself on the Avest, would be the northwest corner town of the county. It is bounded on the north by Juneau County, on the east by the toAvn of Winfield, on the south by Ironton, and on the Avest by Woodland. The surface of the town is uneven, but well Avatered by the Baraboo River and its tributaries. Good wells are easily obtained ; springs are abundant. Timber is plenty and of good quality, principally oak. of several varieties. Railroad ties, hardwood timber and staves
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The town of Lavalle was formerly a. part of the town of Marston, in which was also included the territory of what is now the towns of Woodland, Washington and Ironton. The two former were set off as separate towns, leaving what are now Ironton and Lavalle, the town of Marston. A petition was -cut to the Hoard of Supervisors, praying for a change in mime from Marston to Lavalle, but the prayer was not granted. The inhabitants of the smith end of the town then
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In August, 1851, it was ordered by the board that '"all that portion of the tract of country lying north of the north line of Town 13, Range 6, be embraced in a new town, to be called Lemon weir." During the same session of the board, it was ordered that Town 13, Range 2 (now the Town of Woodland), be annexed to the Town of Reedsburg. Also, that a new town to be called Marston be organized out of the territory embraced in Town 12, Range 3, Town 13. Ranges 2 and 3, and Town 11, Range 3. Section 36, Town 13, Range 6, was taken from the Town of Flora and annexed to the Town of New Buffalo.
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In January, 1857, Town 13, Range 2, was set off from the town of Marston, the new town being called Woodland. In December of the same year, the town of Troy was organized out of the towns of Honey Creek and Spring Green. The organization of the town of Excelsior bears the same date, it having been formed out of the towns of Dellona and Freedom. The territory of the town of Freedom was further abridged, about this time, by Sections 19, 20. 2'.', 30, 31 and 32 being attached to the town of Baraboo.
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Woodland.
1985Sparta sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Woodland.
Nobody well known was born in Woodland itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.
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