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Greenwood, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greenwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 54437. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. 1,058 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.

Greenwood within Clark County

On record in Greenwood

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

Population over time

2 figures

Greenwood grew from 1,026 to 1,058 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,026
20201,058+32 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

1,795 words on this township

History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 names this settlement in its chapter on Greenwood City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Greenwood, situated not far from the geographical center of the county, is platted on a rise of ground, at the junction of the Black River and Rock Creek. Its pretty artificial lake, its sightly business houses and residences, its high water tower, its gently undulating adjacent farm lands, and its miles of good roads radiating in many directions, all tend to add to its beauty and charm, while its two railroads - the Fairchild & Northwestern and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, better known as the "Soo" - add to its importance as a trading and shipping center. Its principal shipments are dairy products.

Passage source: History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918.

In 1870, Chandler & Brown, from Black River Falls, opened the first regular store, and the same year, W. H. Begley opened a hotel. Begley operated the stage coach from Black River Falls, and employed Jesse Crane as his first driver. On this stage line, two and a half miles south of Greenwood, Henry Huntzicker had a log tavern. A half mile further south, George H. Huntzicker had a log cabin. Between the two, but across the road, Jacob Huntzicker had his home. In 1875, George H. Huntzicker erected a larger tavern, which he operated until the late eighties.

Passage source: History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918.

The village of Greenwood was platted June 6, 1871, by William Welsh. He was assisted by Charles Hogue, Oscar Nutting and Frank Brown. The name was given by Mary Honeywell, later Mrs. Smith Honeywell, as befitting the beauty of the natural surroundings. It was replatted Aug. 16, 1895, by William B. Agnew for some sixty owners.

Passage source: History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918.

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 Greenwood City - it names this place 7 more 7 times.

Fires near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 2000 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRESEWOOD FIRE
12 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources22
8 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 October 2008Recreation and ceremony3.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schuering PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2015Flash FloodGreenwood$1,100,000Flood waters from the Black River covered County Road G just west of Greenwood. Waters flowing through a drainage ditch undercut Chickadee Road near Gorman Avenue southwest of Willard. County Highway M was closed north of County Highway I when a culvert was washed out. This is the second time in three years that this section of County M has been washed out. County Highway B was undermined by water west of Humbird. The flood waters also prompted the closing of the county's ATV and horse trails. The flood waters damaged the dam at Emerson Lake with repairs estimated to cost almost a quarter of a million dollars. Highway damage along was estimated at $536,200.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Greenwood$160,000This EF1 tornado formed west of Greenwood near the intersection of County Highways G and O. The tornado was only on the ground for about a mile but caused extensive damage to two farms. A barn roof was removed, a pole shed destroyed, power pole snapped and roof damage to an outbuilding.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$50,000A large tree was blown on to a business in Greenwood. Branches from the tree went through parts of the roof and the owner was temporarily trapped inside the business when the exit was blocked.
June 2024Tornado (EF0)Greenwood$20,000A very brief EF-0 tornado touched down damaging outbuildings and a barn south of Greenwood.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$10,000A farm outbuilding was damaged near Greenwood.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Greenwood.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$2,000Trees were blown down near Greenwood.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$2,000Trees were blown down along State Highway 73 north of Greenwood.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$2,000Trees were snapped off in Greenwood.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$1,000Trees were blown down near the Post Office in Greenwood.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$500no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGreenwood$250Trees were blown as thunderstorms passed, which blocked County Road MM.
July 2024Flash FloodGreenwood-Local officials reported water flowing over County Road O near Greenwood.
July 2023HailGreenwood-Broadcast media reported penny sized hail near Greenwood.
July 2011Funnel CloudGreenwood-Spotted near County Road MM west of Greenwood from a distance.
July 2008HailGreenwood-no account filed
April 2006HailGreenwood-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindGreenwood-no account filed
August 2006HailGreenwood-no account filed
April 2002HailGreenwood-no account filed
September 2000HailGreenwood-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGreenwood-no account filed
May 1998HailGreenwood-no account filed
May 1998HailGreenwood-no account filed
August 1995HailGreenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hemlock3.7 miles11
Loyal5.9 miles11
Willard6.8 miles12
Longwood8.1 miles11
Christie8.5 miles11
Globe8.6 miles12
Bright8.8 miles11
Spokeville9.6 miles11

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 GreenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570368The 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 1565856. 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.