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.

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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 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