From Wisconsin County Histories, Waupaca County Edited by John M. Ware 1917
Transcribed and submitted to the Waupaca County Website
by Paula Vaughan January 1917
RURAL The settlement at Rural was started by J. H. Jones in 1851. The first postoffice in town was established in 1851, under the name of Nepawan and with Lyman Dayton as postmaster. In 1853 it was moved to Rural and Mr. Jones became postmaster. 
Early teachers at Rural were Miss Ellen J. Jones and Mrs. J. Ashman.
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The Waupaca Spirit 
        - Waupaca, Wisconsin
        October 2, 1855
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