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History · Wyocena

Wyocena’s post office opened in 1846, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1846first post office
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19%homes built before 1940
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How Wyocena began

When was Wyocena founded?

1846

The Wyocena post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 756180 years
Founding year: the first Wyocena post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wyocena’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 Wyocena are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1846: 180 years of Wyocena.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wyocena’s history is told.

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The story

How Wyocena came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wyocena.

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A tornado struck the village on April 25, 2008, destroying several homes.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Wyocena, decade by decade

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Wyocena, Wisconsin at dusk2019Wyocena, Wisconsin at duskWyocena Wisconsin housing and water tower2014Wyocena Wisconsin housing and water towerWyocena Wisconsin Downtown2014Wyocena Wisconsin DowntownWyocena WI Sign WIS222014Wyocena WI Sign WIS22Wyocena WI Community Center2014Wyocena WI Community CenterWIMap-doton-Wyocena2004WIMap-doton-Wyocena
Famous people

Famous people close to Wyocena

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

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Frederick Jackson TurnerAmerican historian · b. 1861
Zona GaleAmerican author and playwright · b. 1874
Greg StiemsmaAmerican basketball player · b. 1985
Russell W. PetersonAmerican politician and chemist · b. 1916
Gerald L. K. SmithAmerican politician and clergyman · b. 1898
James J. LindsayUnited States general · b. 1932

Questions about Wyocena’s history

What year was Wyocena founded?

The Wyocena post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.