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Van Dyne, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

43°53′15″N 88°30′15″W / 43.88750°N 88.50417°W / 43.88750; -88.50417Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCounty Fond du LacArea

• Total2.05 km² (0.790 sq mi) • Land2.04 km² (0.788 sq mi) • Water0.005 km² (0.002 sq mi)Elevation

241 m (791 ft)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total292 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Code

54979

Area code920GNIS feature ID1584511^[2]

Van Dyne is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the town of Friendship, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.^[3]^[4] At the 2020 census, its population was 292.^[1] The road traveling north-south through the community was part of the Yellowstone Trail and later Wisconsin Highway 175; it is now a county highway.

History

The community was first platted by Daniel Van Duyne in 1866, and was a stop for a railroad between Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.^[5]^[6] A post office has been operating in Van Dyne since 1866.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	279	—
2020	292	4.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

Images

Post office
School
Sign

References

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^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Van Dyne, WI Profile: Facts & Data". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com.
^ "Van Dyne, Fond du Lac Co". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
^ Ruth Shaw Worthing, The History of Fond du Lac County as Told by Its Place-Names Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Globe Printing, 1975. pg. 104
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 133.
^ "Fond du Lac County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2023.