Greenwood

History

In the years just before settlement, the future site of Greenwood was a hunting ground shared by Ojibwe, Menominee and Ho-Chunk people. The Black River ran quietly through immense forests until Mormon loggers came upstream in 1844, working out of a camp downstream from Greenwood's site, cutting white pine logs and floating them down the rivers to be used in their temple in Nauvoo, Illinois. By 1869 the community had a log schoolhouse, several log houses, and two frame houses, and S.C. Honeywell sold a few goods out of his house. The following year Chandler and Brown from Black River Falls opened a store and W.H. Begley opened a hotel. At this time a stagecoach came up from Black River Falls to Greenwood. The village of Greenwood was platted in 1871. That same year, a four-room frame school was built. A fire in 1885 destroyed eight buildings, but the town continued to grow. By 1890 the village had "three general stores, two hardware stores, two meat markets, two blacksmith shops, two millinery and dressmaking establishments, one wagon shop, one grocery store, one confectionary store, one flour and agricultural implement store, one harness shop, one shoe shop, one furniture store and factory, one hotel, one barber shop, one public hall, one Odd Fellows hall, one Methodist Episcopal Church, one photograph gallery, one creamery and one sawmill." Greenwood was incorporated as a city in 1891, the same year the Wisconsin Central Railroad connected Greenwood to Loyal and Marshfield. In 1895 the Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad connected from the southwest, and ran its line north to Owen. A fire in 1900 destroyed Greenwood's heading mill. By 1918, Greenwood's main industries were agricultural - not lumber. The Greenwood Cheese House and Parafining Station coated the…

Geography

Greenwood is located at (44.767826, -90.598959). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The town has a peace memorial, created by Ernest Durig from an artificial stone made using concrete and fine white sand. Unveiled in 1937, it was restored in 1982, and sits adjacent to the 1934 City Hall, on the corner of Main Street and Division Street.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  290
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  277
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  274
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  266
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  240
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  218
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  208
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  149

Largest nearby schools

• Loyal Elementary
  Elementary · Loyal · 204 students · 12:1 ratio
• Greenwood Elementary
  Elementary · Greenwood · 197 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Greenwood High
  High · Greenwood · 165 students · 9.7:1 ratio
• Loyal High
  High · Loyal · 155 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• Loyal Middle School
  Middle · Loyal · 111 students · 15.9:1 ratio