The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOntario is a village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 534 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 554 to 534 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ontario 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 Ontario’s history is told.
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Ontario, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Ontario
1 place in Ontario is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.