Raymond Center, Wisconsin

Raymond Center is a ghost town in the Town of Raymond in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

During the early years of white settlement of the Town, a hamlet developed nearly in the very center of the town, which became known as “Raymond Center.” A post office was maintained there in the late 1830s or 1840s which used the name of “Raymond” (the word “Center” was dropped). For some time it was a trading point for the settlers of the region, but when the post office was closed down most of the businesses relocated. A Congregational church was established there at an early date, and as of 1916 the old church and a schoolhouse still carried the title of “Raymond Center”.^[1]

The present-day unincorporated area of Raymond is located in roughly the same area, and may arguably be considered the same place.

References

↑ Stone, Fanny S., supervising ed. Racine, Belle City of the Lakes, and Racine County, Wisconsin Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1916; p. 168

Municipalities and communities of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Racine

Cities	Burlington‡ Racine

Villages	Caledonia Elmwood Park Mount Pleasant North Bay Rochester Sturtevant Union Grove Waterford Wind Point

Towns	Burlington Dover Norway Raymond Waterford Yorkville

CDPs	Bohners Lake Browns Lake Eagle Lake Tichigan Wind Lake

Unincorporated communities	Beaumont Buena Park Caldwell Cedar Park Eagle Lake Manor Eagle Lake Terrace Honey Lake‡ Ives Grove Kansasville Kneeland North Cape Raymond Rosewood Sylvania Union Church Yorkville

Ghost towns	DeNoon Muskego Settlement Raymond Center

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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