Village of Vesper, Wood County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No public school carries a Vesper mailing address in the NCES 2023-24 school geocode file.

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A current USPS post office in Vesper could not be confirmed from a USPS source; the village uses the 54489 ZIP code.

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The Village of Vesper is an incorporated village in Wood County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5582650).

The village covers 1.155 square miles of land and no water, centered near 44.480485, -89.967613.

The Census Bureau also carries Vesper as a county subdivision of Wood County (GEOID 5514182650).

GNIS records Vesper as a populated place in Wood County at 44.4821825, -89.9640176.

The Census geocoder places the village's internal point in ZIP code tabulation area 54489, State Assembly District 86, State Senate District 29 and the 3rd Congressional District.

Vesper, incorporated in 1948, describes itself as a village in the center of Wood County.

In the 1870s the firm of Girard and Drake built a sawmill on Hemlock Creek, along with a store and blacksmith shop.

A post office opened in 1878, and the name Vesper, after the vesper sparrows native to the area, came back from the federal department in reply to the first postmaster's request.

An 1894 wildfire burned the mill and 23 houses on the west side of the creek; the village was platted in 1897.

The Vesper Brick & Tile Factory opened in 1902, and the Vesper Wood Manufacturing Company began making stave silos and watering tanks in 1907.

The 2020 census counted 513 residents in the Village of Vesper.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the village is 512.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Vesper village is 525 (2020 estimates base 519).

The village's own site states a 2025 population of 530 and a 2020 census count of 519; the 519 matches the Census estimates base rather than the DOA's 2020 census figure of 513.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 482 (margin of error +/-111).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age is 55.6 years (margin of error +/-10.3).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $58,448 (margin of error +/-$2,937).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $116,500 (margin of error +/-$6,212).

Daniel Vollert is village board president, in a term listed as 2024-2026.

Trustees listed are Margaret Straka, Gregory Zimmermann, Jim Brock and Conrad Accola.

Tyler Mancl is village treasurer.

Andrea Pecher is village clerk, reached at 715-459-9074 and [email address]

Scott Brehm is buildings and grounds manager and zoning administrator, and George Brandl is public works director and water and wastewater manager.

The village board meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Vesper Municipal Building, 6554 Cameron Avenue.

The village offices are at 6554 Cameron Avenue, with mail to P.O. Box 127, Vesper, WI 54489.

The village's official website is villageofvesper.com, with Notices, Documents and Events pages.

The newest item on the village Notices page when fetched was a Village Board meeting notice dated November 25, 2025.

The November 3, 2026 general election is scheduled at the Vesper Municipal Building, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The village lies in the Wisconsin Rapids School District.

The Wisconsin Rapids School District (NCES 5517070) is a PK-12 district of 12 schools with 4,578 students in 2024-25, at 510 Peach St., Wisconsin Rapids.

Wood County had 1,717 business establishments and 34,252 paid employees in 2023; health care and social assistance was the largest sector, with 9,944 paid employees.

The Wisconsin Rapids City Times, a Wood County outlet, publishes online daily and weekly in print.

The Lester Public Library of Vesper is a public library outlet in the village.

The Vesper Volunteer Fire Department is at 6575 Ryland Ave. (715-569-4600).

American Legion Post 520 is based in Vesper.

Cameron Park, on the west side of the village, has a community center, playground, information center and picnic tables.

The Vesper Recreation Center has two baseball fields, a concession building, sand volleyball, pickleball, tennis and basketball courts, horseshoe pits, a dog park, two playgrounds and a walking trail.

Local groups listed by the village include the Snow Drifters Snowmobile Club, the Wilderness Sportsmen's Club and the Vesper Youth Sports Association.

GNIS lists Vesper Pond 38, a named reservoir in Wood County near the village.

The village public works director also serves as water and wastewater manager.