Adams County Wisconsin Place Names

and Post Office History










Adams County was formed from a portion of Portage County in March 1848. In
March 1849 the county was enlarged to include what is now Juneau County. The
voters of both counties approved dividing the county into Adams and Juneau
Counties, with the Wisconsin River as their common boundary.

The earliest birth and marriage registrations at the Adams County Courthouse
in Friendship are 1857, and the earliest death registration was 1876.
Wisconsin did not require registration of vital events until Oct 1, 1907, 
with nearly full compliance reached a few years after that date. Before Oct
1, 1907, vital event registration was voluntary in most cases, and could be
filed in any WI county courthouse.






ADAMS COUNTY WISCONSIN PLACE NAMES


  PLACE NAME
  POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED
  POST OFFICE DISCONTINUED
  ADAMS CO WI TOWNSHIP & SECTION NUMBER




  Adams
  July 1913
  
  Adams 8




  Adams Center
  June 1870
  May 1915
  Adams 28




  Arbutus
  August 1903
  June 1907
  Preston 15




  Arcade
  See Vinjie
  




  Arkdale
  See Vingie
  




  Barksdale
  name chg to Strongs Prairie
  
  Strongs Prairie




  Barnum
  Dec 1865
  Sept 1883
  Rome 28




  Beatrice
  Oct 1886
  Aug 1907
  Big Flats 1




  Big Flats
  Aug 1862
  May 1924
  Big Flats 17




  Big Spring
  Dec 1854
  Dec 1904
  New Haven 27




  Brooks
  Jan 1915
  Sept 1992
  New Chester 34




  Buckhorn
  June 1869
  July 1880
  Lincoln 23




  Cottonville
  
  
  Preston




  Davis Corners
  May 1865
  Feb 1888
  Jackson 29




  Dell Prairie
  Oct 1852
  Nov 1893
  New Haven 30




  Dellwood
  See Holmsville
  




  Eagle Prairie
  
  
  unknown




  Easton
  March 1861
  Feb 1920
  Easton 29




  Edna
  April 1856
  Oct 1861
  unknown




  Fordham
  March 1860
  Oct 1866
  Preston 35




  Friendship
  See Preston
  




  Glen
  March 1896
  June 1906
  Jackson 29




  Grand Marsh
  See Grandmarsh
  




  Grandmarsh
  Sept 1850
  
  New Chester 9




  Hadlock
  Oct 1896
  Aug 1908
  Quincy 19




  Hollidays Mill
  Aug 1900
  May 1904
  Leola 19




  Holmsville
  May 1915
  March 1966
  Strongs Prairie 31




  Jackson
  May 1856
  Aug 1856
  unknown




  Lakeside
  March 1892
  Dec 1904
  Jackson 33




  Leola
  June 1877
  May 1906
  Leola 26




  Lindenville
  March 1856
  April 1859
  unknown




  Little Lake
  Aug 1854
  Apr 1900
  Jackson 8




  Mars
  March 1894
  Jan 1908
  Springville 28




  Monroe Center
  June 1879
  Oct 1913
  Monroe 17




  Newark
  
  
  Post Office Friendship on 1860 Census




  New Chester
  Jan 1856
  Oct 1894
  New Chester 21




  New Haven
  March 1865
  Aug 1881
  New Haven 35




  New Rome
  Sept 1858
  March 1951
  Rome 2




  Niebull
  Nov 1888
  Oct 1913
  Big Flats 11




  Oakridge
  May 1903
  Dec 1916
  Colburn 17




  Olin
  May 1867
  June 1895
  Springfield 31




  One Mile Creek
  May 1855
  Feb 1859
  unknown




  Pilot Knob
  May 1856
  July 1904
  Richfield 36




  Plainville
  Sept 1856
  Oct 1942
  Del Prairie 8




  Point Bluff
  March 1855
  May 1908
  Springville 11




  Preston
  March 1855
  name change to Friendship 1858
  Adams 5




  Quincy
  March 1854
  June 1905
  Quincy 17




  Roche-A-Cri
  May 1856
  March 1905
  Preston 7




  Russell Flats
  unknown
  unknown
  Marquette Co SW of Westfield





  Seven Mile Creek
  Jan 1851
  Oct 1858
  unknown




  Shiprock
  May 1904
  Jan 1906
  Unknown




  Sindenwold
  
  
  unknown




  Spring Bluff
  Feb 1863
  Oct 1918
  Lincoln 29




  Spring Creek
  Mar 1864
  May 1905
  Monroe 29




  Strongs Prairie
  July 1857
  March 1952
  Strongs Prairie 1




  Twin Valley
  Oct 1854
  Aug 1866
  unknown




  Vandriessen
  Feb 1899
  June 1915
  Rome 11




  Vinjie
  June 1864
  name changes to Arcade & Arkdale
  Strongs Prairie 15




  White Creek
  Aug 1855
  Sept 1945
  Easton 36




  Zerah
  March 1857
  June 1858
  unknown











The place names presented above are from these sources:

 
Memorial & Biographical Record & Illustrated Compendium of Biography:
Columbia, Sauk & Adams counties, Wisconsin, G.A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901

Federal Census of Adams County Wisconsin

Wisconsin: It's Counties, Townships and Villages by Wendy Zastrow Uncapher
and Linda Zastrow Herrick, Origins, Janesville WI © 1994

Wisconsin: It's Territorial and Statehood Post Offices, compiled by Frank
Moertl, published 1995 by Wisconsin Postal History Society




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