Van Dyne, Wisconsin
Van Dyne, Wisconsin | |
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Census-designated place | |
 Looking south at downtown Van Dyne | |
  Van Dyne, Wisconsin Location within Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 43°53′15″N 88°30′15″W / 43.88750°N 88.50417°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Fond du Lac |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.790 sq mi (2.05 km2) |
| • Land | 0.788 sq mi (2.04 km2) |
| • Water | 0.002 sq mi (0.0052 km2) |
| Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 292 |
| • Density | 371/sq mi (143/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 54979 |
| Area code | 920 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1584511[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
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 279 | — | |
| 2020 | 292 | 4.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
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References
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- 1 2 "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Van Dyne". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
- ↑ "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.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |