This is a history of Post Offices in WoodCoWI. Place Name Post Office Post Office WoodCoWI Zip Code in WoodCoWI Established Discontinued Township -if still in operation =========================================================================================== Altdorf Feb 1885 Feb 1905 Seneca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amelia Mar 1907 1908 Cary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arpin Dec 1891 Arpin 54410 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auburndale Jun 1874 Auburndale 54412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Babcock (see Remington) Oct 1890 Remington 54413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bakerville Feb 1879 Jun 1988 Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bast (aka Klondike) Jun 1899 Jun 1900 Cameron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bears (see Bearss Marsh Dec 1889 Apr 1893 Cranmoor & Cranmoor) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bear's Marsh Jul 1878 Oct 1881 Remington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bearss Marsh (see Bears Apr 1893 May 1898 Remington & Cranmoor) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bethel Feb 1900 Aug 1928 Richfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blenker Sep 1886 Milladore 54415 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carey Jan 1880 Dec 1881 Hansen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Centralia May 1858 May 1904 Grand Rapids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cranmoor (see Bears May 1898 Aug 1932 Cranmoor & Bearss Marsh) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daly (see Smith's Mills) Dec 1882 Oct 1899 Remington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dexterville 1 (see Wood July 1858 Aug 1863 name Dexter & Pittsville) chg to Wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dexterville 2 Aug 1863 Apr 1934 Dexter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doudville (see Worden) May 1877 Feb 1884 name Rudolph chg to Worden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebbe Jan 1900 Aug 1904 Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elm Lake Apr 1873 Aug 1886 Cranmoor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest City Nov 1867 Jul 1869 Hansen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- French Town Feb 1859 Jan 1864 name Port Edwards/Seneca chg to Port Edwards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Rapids (see Jan 1845 Jun 1921 name chag Grand Rapids Wisconsin Rapids to Wisconsin Rapids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Granite Oct 1888 Nov 1890 Cary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hansen Dec 1883 Mar 1905 Hansen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hemlock Aug 1858 Oct 1881 Hansen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewitt (see Kreuser) Nov 1883 Jan 1986 Marshfield 54441 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hogan (see Lindsey) Feb 1887 Aug 1889 name chg Rock to Lindsey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Horn River Oct 1858 Mar 1861 Remington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Klondike (see Bast) Cameron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kreuser (see Hewitt) May 1882 Nov 1883 name chg Marshfield to Hewitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lindsey (see Hogan) Aug 1889 Sep 1951 Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshfield Jul 1873 Marshfield 54449 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milladore Dec 1875 Milladore 54454 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miner Dec 1879 Jul 1881 Wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasonville Feb 1859 June 1900 Rock & Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nekoosa Apr 1893 Port Edwards 54457 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pittsville (see Dexter 1) Jan 1875 Dexter 54466 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Point Bausse Jan 1845 Jan 1850 Seneca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Port Edwards Jan 1864 Port Edwards & 54469 Seneca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Progress Apr 1899 Dec 1912 Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remington Nov 1873 Oct 1890 name chg Remington to Babcock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rudolph Feb 1874 Rudolph 54475 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saratoga Oct 1855 Jun 1915 Saratoga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarranac (see Bears Marsh) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scranton Nov 1873 Jun 1892 Hiles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherry Apr 1884 May 1968 Sherry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith's Mills (see Daly) Oct 1876 Dec 1882 Finley twp (Juneau Co) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smyrna May 1893 Feb 1896 Grand Rapids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snow (a cranberry Just inside ClarkCoWI transfer station) near Nasonville ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upham Nov 1887 Never officially Richfield in operation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veedum Jan 1901 Jan 1917 Dexter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vesper Sep 1878 Hansen 54489 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin Rapids Jun 1921 Grand Rapids 54494-95 (see Grand Rapids) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wood (see Dexter 1 Aug 1863 Jan 1875 Dexter and Pittsville) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worden (see Doudville) Feb 1884 Oct 1885 Rudolph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primary Sources: (1) Wisconsin: Its Territorial and Statehood Post Offices, compiled by Frank Moertl, published 1995 by Wisconsin Postal History Society (2) 1923 History of Wood County Wisconsin, compiled by Jones, McVean, et al, (c) 1999 All Rights Reserved - Joan Benner ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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