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Wyeville is a village in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 21. The population was 147 at the 2010 census.

Wyeville village overview:
Name:	Wyeville village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Monroe County
Elevation:	919 ft (280 m)
Total Area:	0.56 sq mi (1.46 km²)
Land Area:	0.56 sq mi (1.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	147
Population Density:	253.10/sq mi (97.78/km²)
Area code:	608
FIPS code:	5589275
GNISfeature ID:	1577062

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History

The West Wisconsin Railway was authorized in 1876 to build from St. Paul, Minnesota through to reach the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Elroy, Wisconsin. This railroad became the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“The Omaha Road”) in 1880. At this location, a branch rail line was constructed eastward to Necedah. The location originally was named “Necedah Junction”. The local post office was called Wyeville when established in 1890 and the first postmaster was Charles Brooks. The name Wyeville is documented as a variation of “Wythe”, a county in Virginia. Eventually the name “Necedah Junction” was dropped in 1911 and the community was called the same name as the post office.

The railway junction became a crossing in 1911 for the lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway and its Omaha Road subsidiary. The Milwaukee, Sparta, and Northwestern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Chicago and North Western Railway, began the “Air Line” or “Adams Cutoff” from Adams, Wisconsin towards Sparta, Wisconsin in 1910. This railroad used the line from Necedah to Wyeville as part of this new route. A true railroad wye was built at the railroad crossover, along with an interlocking tower and railroad depot.

Until 1963, passengers of Twin Cities 400 and the Rochester 400 changed trains there, as it was a scheduled transfer point for the two streamliners.