Arena’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Arena. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusArena is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 844 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Arena. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 834 people in 2010, 844 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arena 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 Arena’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arena’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewArena, WI Depot 1909, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Arena
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Arena, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Arena is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arena has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William Henry Brisbane House in Arena, 0.7 miles away.
Arena 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 Arena, WI Depot 1909 (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.