Official Name: | Willard, Wisconsin |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Willard |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Hendren |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1181 |
Coordinates: | 44.735°N -90.7194°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 54493 |
Area Code: | 715 & 534 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1576756 |
Willard is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hendren, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States. Willard is 6.5miles west-southwest of Greenwood. Willard has a post office with ZIP code 54493.[1]
The post office at Willard, and in turn the settlement itself, was named after Willard Foster (1876–1945), the youngest son of Nathaniel Caldwell Foster (1834–1923). Foster established the Foster Lumber Company in Fairchild, Wisconsin, and the company founded Willard in 1911.[2]
The 1918 History of Clark County described Willard like this:
Willard is a thriving place on the Fairchild & Northeastern [railroad], between Fairchild and Greenwood. It has two stores, a cheese factory, a boarding house, a Catholic Church and a school. A few years ago Ignatz Ceznic started to organize a colony of Slavs and kindred nationalities in the wilderness in the town of Hendren. Today that country is dotted with scores of prosperous farms, and the village of Willard is the market place for them. Mr. Ceznic had the backing of the Foster Lumbering Company, of Fairchild, in his work.[3]