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Naples’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Naples is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 697 at the 2020 census. Part of the city of Mondovi is surrounded by the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 691 people in 2010, 697 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Naples 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Naples’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Naples

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Callista GingrichCallista GingrichWhitehall · 18 miOle H. OlsonOle H. OlsonMondovi · 5 miLDLeo Ferdinand DworschakIndependence · 18 miBHBruce HunterAlma · 17 miEPEdwin J. PetersonGilmanton · 9 miJMJohn Bethune MelbyWhitehall · 18 mi
By decade

Naples, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Naples is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Naples has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House in Albion, 4.2 miles away.

Naples and the nearest listed places

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Herman M. and Hanna Hediger HouseIndependence City HallLevi Merrill HouseOatman Filling StationGreen Bay and Western Railroad DepotDr. Nels Werner House

Closest to Naples

Herman M. and Hanna Hediger HouseAlbion · Building4.2miIndependence City HallIndependence · Romanesque · Built 190215.2miLevi Merrill HouseEau Claire · Building17.6miOatman Filling StationEau Claire · Tudor Revival · Built 193117.7miGreen Bay and Western Railroad DepotWhitehall · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 191417.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Naples?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Naples’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Mondovi📜 Dover📜 Albion📜 Eleva
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