Bethel, Wisconsin
Encyclopedia
Bethel is an unincorporated community located in the town of Richfield
, in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.
education and religious community. Originally part of the Lyman Lumber Company land, and purchased through an offer provided by William Covert. He offered an area of 200 acre (0.809372 km²) as a gift to the Bethel community, but only under the agreement to the purchase of 800 additional acres.
At the height of its existence, the Bethel educational institution consisted of boys and girls dormitories, post office, school farm of 100 acre (0.404686 km²) in size, two barns, carpenter shop, bee house, and two staves. The Bethel academy’s average student population was 130 students during the 1920s.
Richfield, Wood County, Wisconsin
Richfield is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,523 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Bethel is located within the town.-Geography:...
, in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.
Settlement
Bethel was established in 1899 as a Seventh-day AdventistSeventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
education and religious community. Originally part of the Lyman Lumber Company land, and purchased through an offer provided by William Covert. He offered an area of 200 acre (0.809372 km²) as a gift to the Bethel community, but only under the agreement to the purchase of 800 additional acres.
Educational Academy
Rooted as a religious educational institution, many families moved into the Bethel area seeking religious education for their students. The school was best known for its industrious education and manual arts.as quoted from History of Wood County authored by George O. Jones.
“The purpose of the academy from its foundation has been to give young people a broad symmetrical training for usefulness, and to lay a solid foundation for any work they may do in a more advanced school. The academy was located in a rural section removed from the contaminating influence of city life, where the teachers and students might devote a part of their time to agriculture and other industries,”
At the height of its existence, the Bethel educational institution consisted of boys and girls dormitories, post office, school farm of 100 acre (0.404686 km²) in size, two barns, carpenter shop, bee house, and two staves. The Bethel academy’s average student population was 130 students during the 1920s.