o5tettin--A Fast Growing
Community
There are two population statistics from the 1950
federal census which indicate how rapid has been
the growth of the Town of Stettin.
First, the Town of Stettin had more residents
in 1950 than any other unit of government in
Marathon County, outside of the City of Wausau.
Secondly, the area officially described as "South-
west Wausau," which includes portions of both
the Towns of Stettin and Rib Mountain, was ac-           Old-time pop wagon pulls up to Stettin
knowledged to be the largest unincorporated area               ing next to wagon is Albert Fehi
in the entire State of Wisconsin.
Second to Wausau
Stettin's official 1950 census population is listed
as 2,946 persons, which placed it ahead of all
other townships and such units of government as
the Village (now city) of Schofield. Weston
Township ranked second with 2,179 population in
1950, which placed it far behind Stettin. Schofield
had 1,948 citizens in that census year.
Stettin's official 1960 figure, just released as this             _       _,
book went to press, is 4,136, a gain of more than
40 per cent in the past 10 years. Figures for other                   f/ta2sh: bright at
townships were not available at press time, how-                         Smiley'fief
ever.                                                                  Wheh yOU serve
Stettin's tremendous growth, particularly in the                     "his double treal
"Southwest Wausau" area, are evident from a com-                       Take 7-UP, your
parison of 1940 and 1950 census figures. The                          favorie ice eoaryr
township had 1,825 souls in 1940 and 2,946 in 1950,
an increase of 60 per cent, which is remarkable,                       And there's a tea
indeed. The growth from 1930 to 1940 was less                         I   hats hard to ba
spectacular, but the big buildup in the eastern end
of the township had not commenced in that pre-                      el-jol9 C
war year. The 1930 population was 1,302, indi-                     eo        a
cating, however, an increase of 40 per cent, which
is also remarkable.
Stettin, of course, had been a township popula-
tion leader in Marathon County ever since the
township was organized in 1860. Unfortunately,
figures could not be found for the first 15 years of
the township's existence.
909 in 1875
However, in 1875, the Town of Stettin was re-
ported to have 909 residents, including 479 men
and 430 women. In that year, only the City of
Wausau, with a population of 2,820, and the
Town of Berlin, with 1,124 persons, were reported
to have a greater population among the units
of government within Marathon County.
However, the 1875 figure, quoted in the book,                       Put two scoops of ice crej
"History of Marathon County," was from a state                        (or sherbet) in a glass, a
census and may have been inaccurate. At any                           pour chilled 7-Up gen
rate, the federal census in 1880 listed only 684                      down the side.
population for Stettin.
By the start of the 20th century, Stettin's popu-                      GEORGE ELBE
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