The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In the summer of 1851 a crew working for the U.S. government surveyed the outline of the six mile square that would become Wood. That November another crew marked all the section corners, walking through the woods and wading the swamps, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Wood is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wood has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Soo Line Steam Locomotive 2442 in Marshfield, 12.5 miles away.
Wood and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Wood
Soo Line Steam Locomotive 2442Marshfield · Steam Locomotive12.5mi
Central Wisconsin State Fair Round BarnMarshfield · Built 191512.5mi
Hamilton and Catherine Roddis HouseMarshfield · Colonial Revival · Built 191412.9mi
Marshfield Senior High SchoolMarshfield · Modern Movement13miWest Park Street Historic DistrictMarshfield · District13.1miHow 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. Soo Line Steam Locomotive 2442’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wood?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wood’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.