Raymond Center is a
ghost town in the
Town of
Raymond in
Racine County
Racine County (, sometimes also ) is a county in southeastern Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 197,727, making it Wisconsin's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Racine. The county was founded in 1836, then a par ...
,
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
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
was established there at an early date, and as of 1916 the old church and a
schoolhouse still carried the title of “Raymond Center”.
[Stone, Fanny S., supervising ed. ''Racine, Belle City of the Lakes, and Racine County, Wisconsin'' Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1916; p. 168]
The present-day
unincorporated area of
Raymond is located in roughly the same area, and may arguably be considered the same place.
References
Geography of Racine County, Wisconsin
Ghost towns in Wisconsin
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