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Mayville, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mayville City. It lies in ZIP code area 53050. It stands on Fink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayville South quadrangle. 5,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Mayville within Dodge County

On record in Mayville

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mayville grew from 5,154 to 5,196 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
20105,154
20205,196+42 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Mayville city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 - Mayville City

A Beaver Dam Murder

The history of Beaver Dam is comparatively free from crime. In September, 1858, occurred, probably, the only deliberate murder that the local press has been called upon to chronicle. James M. Conklin, a disreputable character, and Simon Malone, having been engaged in a protracted family quarrel over the use of a well located on the line dividing their respective premises, the feud culminated in Conklin's insulting, and ill-treating members of Malone's family, after which he proceeded to a saloon on Front street, and, while standing at the bar drinking, having remarked in the presence of Malone that he would " drive the red-mouthed Irishman out of town,' the latter deliberately drew a revolver and shot Conklin in the back, the ball passing through his lungs, resulting in death within the next forty-eight hours.

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In the county-history sources

10,116 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Mayville City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The Vita Spring has become a favorite resort for the citizens of Beaver Dam and the numerous individuals attracted thither for purposes of business or pleasure ; and, in fair weather, hundreds of people make daily pilgrimage to the place that, only a few months ago, was a cow pasture. During the coming spring, 500 maples, 50 elms and a large number of other varieties of trees, such as basswoods, butternuts and walnuts, together with a corresponding amount of shrubbery and evergi'eens, will be set out within the eleven-acre park surrounding the spring. A neat picket fence around the grounds, a rustic observator'y and boat-house, to be located near the junction of the second and* third lakes, gold-fish, row-bo.ats, a beautiful greenhouse, a bath-house, and a system of posts and chains on each side of the numerous walks and driveways, a compressed-air engine and fountain, are improvements that will come with the winds of March, the buds of April and the blossoms of May. Come and drink of this nectar, ye listless denizens of the ('' solid ") Sunny South, and ye torpid-livered automatons of the great cities North, East and West, and have your physical (and political) disabilities removed.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

The Perry Coupler was first patented in 1871, again in 1875 and 1877, and, in January of the latter year, with the object of universalizing the wonderful invention, a stock company was incorporated, with the style and name of " The Perry Safety Car Coupling Company of Beaver Dam, Wis.," by the following named individuals : President, Oliver H. Crowl ; Vice President, Richard Ackerman ; Secretary, 0. L. Moore ; Treasurer, J. S. Church. Directors - W. A. Stuart and W. H. McReynolds, of Kokomo, Ind. ; Calvin E. Lewis, W. R. Chatfield,

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

Several years previous to this tragedy there was a case of blood-letting in the Fourth Ward, in which one McCabe was shot and killed by William Haskell, who, however, claimed that the shooting was accidental, he having aimed to kill a dog. Haskell was acquitted at the preliminary examination of intent to murder.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

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 Mayville City - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mayville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreHoricon National Wildlife RefugeBRUMMOND WF
9 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000023
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800020
24 April 2003Debris and open burning250 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugeI-9 IMPOUNDMENT
18 April 2002Natural360 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800017

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mayville: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Copper, Lead, Calcium. 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
Mayville MineIron, Copper, LeadPast Producer1892, 1928
Mayville White Lime QuarryCalciumProducer
Horicon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Iron Ridge MineIronPast Producer1849, 1914
Iron Ridge MineIronPast Producer1849
Linck-Henes Construction Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mayville MineIronPast Producer1892
Merget PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayville in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flood. 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
July 2007LightningMayville$60,000Lightning struck a barn on Morris Rd., resulting in a fire that destroyed the structure, as well as a 1994 vehicle parked inside. An adjacent small shed also had a small fire that was quickly extinguished.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMayville$50,000Numerous trees and power lines down throughout Mayville. Some trees uprooted, others snapped. A large tree on a house and trees down on vehicles. City Works Department using front end loaders to clear the streets from fallen trees.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMayville$30,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMayville$25,000Many trees down and much of Mayville without power.
July 1999LightningMayville$20,000no account filed
September 2016FloodMayville$5,000Several inches of rain during the overnight and morning hours resulted in flooding around St. John's Lutheran School and Parkview Elementary School. The schools were evacuated and sandbagging was necessary. Nearby highway 28 and a few other road closures occurred due to deep water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMayville$5,000Law enforcement officials reported a few trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph (61 knots) along a path from Mayville to Brownsville.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMayville$4,000Many tree branches and leaves down from the gust front of a thunderstorm.
July 2025FloodMayville$1,000Dodge County dispatch and emergency management report minor street flooding on Bridge and Main St. in Mayville.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMayville$1,000Dodge County Dispatch reports of a fallen tree on Horicon St. in Mayville.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMayville$1,000Law enforcement reported a power pole snapped by strong thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 65 knots (75 mph).
July 2025HailMayville-Penny to nickel sized hail in Mayville.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Mayville-This weak tornado lasted less than a minute and resulted in only broken tree limbs. It spun up southwest of the intersection of Polk Road and Madison Rd. The starting and ending locations, with respect to lat/long pairs of numbers, were 43.46927/-88.52612 and 43.47016/-88.52494. DI#28 (TS), DOD2. Wind speed estimated at about 75 mph. Average path width about was about 10 yards.
November 2022HailMayville-no account filed
April 2018HailMayville-no account filed
April 2018HailMayville-no account filed
October 2013HailMayville-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMayville-no account filed
August 1995HailMayville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Kekoskee2.6 miles10
Farmersville4.5 miles10
Hochheim4.8 miles15
Neda5.0 miles10
Theresa5.2 miles9
Horicon5.4 miles10
LeRoy5.5 miles10
Knowles5.8 miles10

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 MayvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570088The 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 1569151. 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.