Editing Waldo, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The village was originally established as Lyndon Station (named for [[Lyndon, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin|the town it resides in]]) when the [[Milwaukee and Northern Railway Company]] laid their tracks through in 1871. Starting in [[Milwaukee]] by 1873 the line had reached [[Green Bay, Wi]]. On June 20, 1890, the line was acquired by the [[Milwaukee Road]] (Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad) operating as the Green Bay Sub. The section between [[Milwaukee]] and [[Plymouth, Wi]] is currently operated by the [[Wisconsin and Southern Railroad]] and is used as a secondary freight only line serving local industry, as the Plymouth Sub.

The village was plated in 1873 by N.C. Harmon on 80 acres of land that he and his son-in-law [[Eugene McIntyre]] had purchased from Abraham Lawson.  When it was discovered that there already was an existing [[Lyndon Station, Wisconsin|Lyndon Station]] in [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau County]], it was decided to rename the village after Otis Harvey Waldo, a prominent Milwaukee attorney and then president of the railroad.

In 1877 the Post Office (Est. 1849) for the Onion River settlement (Est. 1844), one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) east was closed. In 1923 Waldo became an incorporated village and Onion River ceased to exist. The open area between has since been built up. 
 
The Onion River Dam, a Saw Mill and a Grist Mill had been built at this location on the [[Onion River (Sheboygan River)|Onion River]] in 1856. The Waldo Mill Pond has a normal surface area of {{convert|40|acre|m2}}, currently used only for recreational purposes. The Onion River Dam is a gravity dam, of earthen construction, rock fill, originally completed in 1856. Its height is {{convert|15|ft|m}} with a length of {{convert|300|ft|m}}. Maximum discharge is {{convert|1165|cuft/s|m3/s}}. Its capacity is {{convert|200|acre|km2}} feet. Normal storage is {{convert|100|acre|km2}} feet. It drains an area of {{convert|22|sqmi|km2}}. The dam and the related mill pond property are now owned by the village of Waldo.

The Waldo Cemetery in the northeast corner of the village is one of the oldest in the county, established in 1854. The former Waldo High School building still stands on the highest point in the village, built in 1904 and expanded in 1957. The Waldo School District was incorporated into the nearby Sheboygan Falls School District by vote in 1962.