History of Waupaca County – by J. Wakefield and J. L. Stinchfield 1890

Transcribed and submitted to the Waupaca County Website
by Paula Vaughan 2002

Village of Manawa

The Village of Manawa is situated near the center of the town, and near the center of the county, on the Little Wolf River. It has 5 general stores, 1 hardware store,1 drug store, 1 saw mill, 1 stave factory, 1 millinery store, 2 blacksmiths shops, 1 meat market, 1 livery stable, 2 harness shops, 2 furniture stores, 4 churches and 1 high school.

The population is 500.

Manawa is a station on the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul railroad.

The town officers for 1889 were: Chairman-H. Lindow; Clerk-D. W. Shipman; Supervisors–Crist Hess, E. G. St. Matthias; Justices of the Peace–G. F. Rhinehart, Albert Bolter; Constable-A. Safford