Willard, Clark County, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

44°44′06″N 90°43′10″W / 44.73500°N 90.71944°W / 44.73500; -90.71944Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyClarkTownHendrenElevation

360 m (1,181 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

54493

Area code(s)715 & 534GNIS feature ID1576756^[1]

Willard is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hendren, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States. Willard is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west-southwest of Greenwood. Willard has a post office with ZIP code 54493.^[2]

History

The post office at Willard, and in turn the settlement itself, was named after Willard Foster (1876–1945), the youngest son of Nathaniel Caldwell Foster (1834–1923). Foster established the Foster Lumber Company in Fairchild, Wisconsin, and the company founded Willard in 1911.^[3]

The 1918 History of Clark County described Willard like this:

Willard is a thriving place on the Fairchild & Northeastern [railroad], between Fairchild and Greenwood. It has two stores, a cheese factory, a boarding house, a Catholic Church and a school. A few years ago Ignatz Ceznic started to organize a colony of Slavs and kindred nationalities in the wilderness in the town of Hendren. Today that country is dotted with scores of prosperous farms, and the village of Willard is the market place for them. Mr. Ceznic had the backing of the Foster Lumbering Company, of Fairchild, in his work.^[4]

Images

Looking west at Willard
Willard Stadium
Entering Willard looking north
Settler's Park in Willard
Looking south down G

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willard, Clark County, Wisconsin
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
^ Curtiss-Wedge, Franklin (1918). History of Clark County Wisconsin. Chicago and Winona: H.C. Cooper Jr & Co. p. 665.