Barneveld’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Barneveld. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBarneveld is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was named after John of Barneveld of the Netherlands.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,231 to 1,331 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Barneveld 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 Barneveld’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barneveld’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBarneveld tornado aerial photo, 1984: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Barneveld, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Barneveld tornado aerial photo (1984) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the National Register (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.