Appleton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Appleton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Appleton City was originally called Arlington, and under the latter name was platted in 1870. The present name is after D.S. Appleton (1824–1890) of the D. Appleton & Company, who contributed a $500 library to the city.
The Hudson City School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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Start Appleton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Appleton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewApple Creek Mill: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Appleton
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Appleton, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Apple Creek Mill and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.