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Nekoosa, WI - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Nekoosa  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Nekoosa Home page. The Nekoosa Home page provides as much information as possible on Nekoosa. Knowing Nekoosa’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Nekoosa’s Home page, you will also find Nekoosa’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Nekoosa has a population of 2509. 49.3% of Nekoosa’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.7 are female. 47.9% of Nekoosa is married and 75.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $89,824, and the average rent is $730. Household median income in Nekoosa is $41,638, and the individual median income is $28,594. Nekoosa’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.2%), Hispanic(3%), Black(1.6%), Native(1%), Multiple(0.9%), Asian(0.2%), Other(0.2%).


An article dated March 16, 1916 from the long defunct newspaper The Nekoosa Tribune detailing the early history of Nekoosa may be found at the Wisconsin Historical Society web site. It is a letter written by a resident to Nekoosa High School students to support them writing a history term paper.Point Basse "Five rapids covering a distance of about three miles in this area were referred to as Nekoosa (swift water) by the Chippewa Indians, who made their campground on high Swallow Rock overlooking the rapids.


Wakeley's tavern served as a rendezvous and resting place for the river traveler and lumber raftsman. Wakeley's was the nucleus for the development of a settlement named Point Basse (low point). The name was later changed to Nekoosa. The settlement became a key town during the colorful era when lumber was rafted down the river from the pineries of the North to Mississippi River markets. Daniel Whitney built the first sawmill on the Wisconsin River here at Whitney's Rapids in 1831 making Nekoosa the birthplace of Wood County.


From this first harnessing of the river's power developed scores of power facilities making the Wisconsin River the hardest worked river in the world." [Point Basse historical marker, erected 1963]


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