Cashton, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cashton Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54619. The Survey maps it on the Westby quadrangle. 1,158 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.
On record in Cashton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Albert and Theresa Marx Houselisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresCashton grew from 1,102 to 1,158 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,102 | |
| 2020 | 1,158 | +56 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1923 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Viroqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Westby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,722 words on this townshipHistory of Monroe County, Wisconsin, Past and Present : Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County [microform], published 1912 names this settlement in its chapter on Cashton Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Eighteen miles south of Sparta, on an elevation 700 feet above the county seat of Monroe county, overlooking one of the prettiest districts of farm lands in western Wisconsin, stands the village of Cashton. The land Avhere the village is located is on section thirty, township fifteen, north of range three Avest, in the town of Jefferson, and was formerly OAvned l)y Andrew Nelson and Hans Larson, the latter of whom is still living near the village.
Passage source: History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, Past and Present : Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County [microform], published 1912.
One thing that troubled the people of Cashton very much during the first years of the existence of the village was the water supply. For a long time the only water works in the village were four barrels which were set in a small building near the depot, and Mr. P. R. Mitby was engaged to haul water from the railroad tank and from Jersey's spring, and the people went to him for their water. A little later Mr. Cash made a contract with someone to drill a well to furnish water for the village, and agreed to give a public square on the west side for a park if the well was completed, but it failed to materialize and so Cashton is still without her park, although there is now a sufficient water supply.
Passage source: History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, Past and Present : Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County [microform], published 1912.
In June, 1881, the citizens met for the purpose of devising a way to provide sufficient water for the village, and propositions were made and accepted for a well which was drilled by John Miuroth, in the street, near Broadway, then a part of the town of Jefferson, permission having been given by said town to have the well drilled. A water association was organized and its officers were : President, M. Daniels ; vice president, J. Dahl ; secretary, John King ; treasurer, John Konper ; trustees, J. W. Wagner, G. V. Hargrave and P. E. Nelson. On May 31, 1892, the water association voted to turn over its property to the village of Cashton, which was incorporated June, 1892. An election having been previously held to determine the question, which result was a vote of fifty-five for and ten against it.
Passage source: History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, Past and Present : Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County [microform], published 1912.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Cashton Village - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cashton between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 468 |
| 27 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 529 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cashton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seas Branch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cashton in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $1,000,000 | Elementary school roof blown off |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $175,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Cashton | $170,000 | Street flooding occurred in Sparta. In addition, water was across several roads over the western portions of the county. Twenty five homes were damaged by the flood waters. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $5,000 | Sporadic wind damage occurred along State Highway 33 west of Cashton. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $4,000 | A tree was blown down on a home with other trees down on power lines on Newport Road near Cashton. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $3,000 | Damage to corn fields occurred in the Cashton area from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cashton | $1,500 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cashton | $750 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cashton | - | In Cashton, 7.25 inches of rain fell. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cashton | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported south of Melvina. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cashton | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Cashton. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Cashton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Cashton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cashton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cashton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvina | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Portland | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Marys | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Leon | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oil City | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Norwalk | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Farmers Valley | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sparta | 14.1 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cashton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671083 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562772. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








