Baldwin, WI

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Baldwin, Wisconsin, established in 1871, was called Clarksville for the first four months in honor of Frank B. Clark, a railroad agent. Later it was renamed Baldwin in honor of D.A. Baldwin, President of the West Wisconsin Railroad.

Mr. Baldwin lived in Hudson during the summer months and in New York during the winter months. The Village of Baldwin was incorporated 138 years ago, in 1874. The Village roll had 520 members at that time. It was an important move to set up a Village Board so that laws could be made and enforced. A comment was made by one of those early citizens that someday Baldwin would become another Minneapolis at the rate it was growing around 1874. Those pioneers and village founders would be pleased with the population growth that has taken place in the village over the years.