The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWausau is a town in Washington County, Florida, United States. The Town of Wausau is part of the Florida Panhandle in North Florida. The population was 371 at the 2020 census, down from 383 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Panama City–Panama City Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 383 to 371 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wausau yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wausau’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wausau’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIn the Florida Panhandle, a monum…, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wausau, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Wausau is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wausau has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Moss Hill Church in Vernon, 6.4 miles away.
Wausau and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as In the Florida Panhandle, a monument to the lowly opossom. Wausau, Florida (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.