NOTE March 23, 2024: I am currently in the process of rewriting this page, so eventually this page will be at least somewhat presentable. I plan on eventually splitting this page off into separate pages given how many towns issued plates, though for the time being I'm just converting the current page over into the new format for plate data.
Bicycle license plates have been issued in various towns and cities throughout the state of Wisconsin, with the first plates being issued around the mid-1930s. Several formats of plates were issued throughout the years, ranging from strips mounted to the bicycle to various strange sizes to the famous "Waupun" plate style that most towns eventually adopted around the 1950s. Most towns stopped issuing bicycle plates around the 1980s and 1990s, though some towns have been observed issuing plates to 2009 and stickers on plates through at least 2016.
Currently, this page is not an exhaustive list of towns known to issue plates, but rather a collection of whatever information I currently have on here. I will be adding the rest of the known towns and plates in the near future, including my own hometown which isn't shown on here yet.
The page will also be split off once the page starts to get larger; I'm unsure of whether a county sorted system or an alphabetical system would be better, though I'm personally leaning towards the county system for easy navigation of local plates.
Old color table codes that are currently being replaced:
-- continues to next year
- sticker
The new tables are a combination of color and serial range tables. "Base" refers to a specific plate issued, while "stickers" are either revalidation stickers issued to the base plate or standalone stickers that act as a kind of plate. Sticker entries with a base plate shown to the left are stickers issued to that plate, while sticker entries with no base table cell next to it and a serial range cell are standalone stickers issued to the bicycles themselves. Uncolored standalone sticker cells without a base cell entry are stickers issued to unknown bases.
Here are some examples to better illustrate this:
A base plate with a sticker issued to it:
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
77 78 | 7640 7845 |
80 |
A standalone sticker issued to the bicycle:
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
0030 | Und. |
Sticker with unknown issuance:
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
80 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
38 | ||
39 | ||
40 | ||
19 41 | ||
42 | ||
45 | ||
47 | ||
48 | ||
49 | ||
19 50 | ||
51 | ||
52 | ||
19 53 | ||
54 | ||
56 | ||
19 58 | ||
19 59 | ||
19 60 | ||
19 61 | ||
19 62 | ||
19 63 | ||
19 64 | ||
19 65 | ||
66 | ||
67 68 | ||
69 70 | ||
71 72 | ||
73 74 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
56 | ||
67 68 | 20 |
Baraboo license plates haven't been confirmed before 1974. Plates were dated for two different years.
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
73 74 | ||
75 76 | ||
77 78 | ||
79 80 | ||
81 82 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
39 | 5 406 |
||
40 | 25 190 |
||
41 | 190 506 |
||
51 52 | |||
56 57 | 532 | ||
64 65 | |||
67 68 | |||
68 69 | 2232 | ||
70 71 | 1257 1976 |
||
71 72 | |||
72 73 | 330 2356 |
||
73 74 | 777 3775 |
||
74 75 | 1171 2764 |
||
77 78 | 2254 3312 |
||
78 81 | Dated | 35 6558 |
83 |
Undated | 8000 11850 |
85 | |
87 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
66 67 | 228 | ||
70 71 | 49 379 |
||
71 72 | 485 | ||
73 74 | 208 723 |
||
74 75 | 534 | ||
75 76 | |||
76 78 | 1097 1098 |
||
78 80 | 546 778 |
||
80 82 | |||
82 84 | 415 1126 |
||
84 86 | 519 844 |
||
86 88 | 260 802 |
||
88 89 | 23 1009 |
90 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
57 | ||
58 59 | ||
62 63 | ||
64 65 | ||
65 | ||
66 67 | ||
68 69 | ||
70 71 | ||
72 73 | ||
74 75 | ||
76 77 | ||
78 79 | ||
80 81 | ||
81 82 | ||
82 83 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
63 64 | |||
71 72 | |||
77 78 | |||
81 82 | 42 1983 |
83 84 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
71 72 | ||
72 73 | ||
74 75 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
59 | ||
61 63 | ||
19 64 | 5 | |
19 65 | 64 | |
66 67 | ||
68 69 | 1761 | |
70 71 | 439 | |
72 73 | 428 | |
74 75 | 198 1985 |
|
76 77 | 252 | |
78 79 | 772 | |
80 81 | 183 810 |
|
82 83 | 340 423 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
66 68 | ||
71 72 | ||
73 74 | ||
75 76 | 468 | |
77 78 | 436 | |
79 80 | ||
81 82 | 41 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
1937 | 805 | ||
38 | |||
39 | 1493 1944 |
||
40-41 | 1058 | ||
41-42 | |||
42 43 | |||
1943 19 44 |
77 2393 |
||
44 45 | 110 2371 |
||
45 46 | 444 1716 |
||
46 47 | 94 2345 |
||
47 48 | 2928 3333 |
||
48 49 | 3579 | ||
51 | 637 1657 |
||
53 | |||
55 | |||
57 | |||
61 | |||
63 | 2049 | ||
65 | 1140 | ||
67 | |||
19 69 | 3890 | ||
71 | 34 2789 |
||
19 73 | 633 7016 |
||
19 75 | 496 8138 |
||
19 76 | Dated | 202 3763 |
1979 |
Undated | 15286 | ||
19 81 | 1518 8766 |
||
19 83 | 3605 11033 |
||
Und | 1210 18343 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
58 59 | 49 | |
66 67 | 186 | |
19 67 | 120 | |
19 70 | 122 125 |
|
71 | ||
72 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
1940 | 1566 3896 |
|
1941 | 1780 5947 |
|
1942-3 | 1256 6346 |
|
1943 | 2539 4774 |
|
19 44 | 222 | |
45 | ||
19 46 | 2452 3224 |
|
19 47 | 427 | |
19 50 | 1397 | |
19 51 | 1243 | |
54 | ||
55 | ||
56 | ||
19 57 | 1379 7439 |
|
19 58 | 7446 | |
60 59 | 9587 | |
63 64 | 335 11058 |
|
65 66 | 11681 15485 |
|
67 68 | 7958 | |
69 70 | 436 13913 |
|
71 72 | 2973 10523 |
|
72 73 | 4860 | |
73 74 | 865 20472 |
|
75 76 | 1979 21603 |
|
76 77 | ||
77 78 | 1996 16157 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
19 48 | 448 | |
19 49 | 448 | |
19 50 | 448 | |
19 52 | 106 | |
62 | ||
19 67 | 137 | |
19 68 | 379 | |
19 69 | 915 | |
19 70 | 506 | |
19 71 | 602 | |
19 72 | 122 918 |
|
73 | ||
19 74 | 962 1139 |
|
75 76 | 415 844 |
|
77 78 | 53 470 |
|
79 80 | 45 2197 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
42-43 | 608 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
40 41 | |||
41 42 | |||
42 43 | |||
43 44 | |||
44 45 | |||
45 46 | |||
46 47 | |||
47 48 | |||
48 49 | |||
49 50 | |||
50 51 | |||
51 52 | |||
52 53 | |||
53 54 | |||
54 55 | |||
55 56 | |||
57 58 | |||
58 59 | |||
59 60 | |||
60 61 | |||
61 62 | |||
62 63 | |||
63 64 | |||
64 65 | |||
65 66 | |||
66 67 | |||
67 68 | |||
68 69 | |||
69 70 | |||
19 71 | 10393 | ||
72 | |||
JUN 73 | 74 | ||
75 | |||
76 | |||
JUN 77 | 7326 | ? | |
JUN 82 | 692 | 83 | |
84 | |||
85 | 86 | ||
87 |
Mauston bicycle license plates have been confirmed since 1968, and were issued until 1987.
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
67 68 | ||
68 69 | ||
70 71 | ||
71 72 | ||
72 73 | ||
73 74 | ||
74 75 | 333 | |
75 76 | 333 | |
76 77 | 333 | |
77 78 | 33 372 |
|
78 79 | 33 333 |
|
79 80 | 33 333 |
|
80 81 | 33 333 |
|
81 82 | 33 333 |
|
82 83 | 33 333 |
|
83 84 | 33 333 |
|
84 85 | 33 333 |
|
85 86 | 345 | |
86 87 | 33 | |
87 88 | 33 300 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
63 64 | ||
65 66 | ||
67 68 | ||
69 70 | ||
71 72 | ||
73 74 | ||
JUN 77 | ||
JUN 79 | ||
JUN 81 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
? | 72 74 | ||
76 | |||
79 | |||
Und. |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
1938 | ||
1939 | ||
40 | ||
41 | ||
42 | ||
19 43 | ||
19 44 | ||
19 45 | ||
46 | ||
47 | ||
48 | ||
49 | ||
19 50 | 11279 | |
19 51 | ||
52 | ||
53 | ||
19 54 | ||
55 56 | ||
57 58 | ||
59 60 | ||
61 | ||
63 | ||
APR 65 | ||
APR 67 | ||
APR 69 | ||
APR 71 | ||
73 | ||
APR 75 | ||
APR 80 | ||
82 | ||
84 | ||
APR 86 | ||
APR 90 | ||
94 |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
47 | ||
49 | ||
62 63 | ||
76 77 | ||
78 79 | ||
80 81 |
Mukwonago is notable for having dated plates issued at least until 2009
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
64 65 | |||
70 71 | |||
72 73 | |||
74 75 | 76 | ||
78 | |||
79 | |||
80 | |||
81 | |||
85 | |||
86 | |||
87 | |||
88 | |||
92 | |||
95 | |||
96 97 | |||
98 | |||
08 09 |
Muskego plates are confusing, yet interesting. Multiple different baseplates were in use at any given time, complicating my table. They also used just a lonely year in 1993, with just a "93" at the right.
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
54 55 | |||
69 70 | 550 | ||
71 72 | 814 | ||
73 74 | |||
76 | |||
77 78 | 291 2571 |
79 80 | |
79 80 | |||
81 84 | 1550 1551 |
85 89 | |
83 84 | |||
86 89 | 4081 4352 |
||
93 | 386 903 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
Und. | 0030 | ||
0030 | Und. |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
68 69 | ||
Und. |
Base | Variation | Ranges |
---|---|---|
41 | ||
48 | ||
52 | ||
59 | ||
19 62 | ||
63 64 | ||
65 66 | ||
66 67 | ||
69 70 | ||
71 72 | ||
73 74 | ||
77 78 | ||
79 80 | ||
81 82 |
Base | Variation | Ranges | Stickers |
---|---|---|---|
42 43 | |||
45 46 | |||
47 48 | |||
49 | |||
51 52 | |||
53 54 | |||
55 56 | |||
57 58 | |||
59 60 | |||
61 62 | |||
63 64 | |||
65 66 | |||
67 68 | |||
69 70 | |||
71 72 | |||
73 74 | |||
77 78 | 7640 7845 |
80 | |
Und. |
64 | 68 69 | 70-- | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 72 73 | 74 75 | 78 | ||||||
82 | Undated |
61 | 64 | 67 | 69 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 19 72 | 73 | 19 75 | 76 76 | 19 77 | ||||
19 81 |
37 | 39 40 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 42 | 42 43 | 43 44 | 45 46 | 46 47 | 48 49 | ||||
50 51 | 51 52 | 53 54 | 55 57 | 57 59 | 59-- | ||||
61 | |||||||||
74 75 | 76 77- |
Serial ranges:
50 51 | 2698 |
---|
50 51 | 51 52 | 52 53 | 53 54 | 55 56 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 63 | 63 64 | 64 65 | 65 66 | 66 67 | 67 68 | 68 69 | 69-- | |||
71 | 71 73 | 73 75 | 75 77 | 77 79 | 79-- | |||||
81 | 81 83 |
45 46 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 62 | 63 64 | 67 68 | |||||||
71 72 | 73 74 |
53 54 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 73 | 77 79 | 79-- | |||||||
81 | 81 83 | 83 85 | 89-- | ||||||
91 |
40 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 | 42 | 47 | |||||||
60-- | |||||||||
61 | 62 63 | 64 65 | 66 67 | 68 69 | 69 70 | ||||
72 73 | 74 75 | 76 77 | Undated |
42 | 49 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
55 | 57 | 58 | 19 59 | 19 60 | |||||
61 | 62 | 19 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 69 | 70-- | |
71 | 72 73 | 74 76 |
Shorewood plates are notable for being super confusing. They had seemingly random changes to their replacement cycles multiple times, and not much is known on early plates, forcing me to guess that they were yearly plates. On top of that, there are "April" variations from the mid-70s onward, and not much is known on their years, either. To complicate things further, there is also normal variations mixed in with the April variation.
38 39 | 39 40 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 41 | 42 43 | 44-45 | 45 46 | 46 47 | |||||
53 54 | 55 56 | 56 57 | 57 58 | 58 59 | 59 60 | ||||
60 61 | 62 63 | 64 65 | 66 67 | 69 70 | |||||
70 71 | 71 72 | APR 74 | APR 80 | ||||||
80 82 | APR 82 | APR 84 |
43 | 44 | 19 46 | 48 | 49 | 50 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51 | 52 | 53 | 19 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
61 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | |
71 | 72 | 73 | 19 74 | 75 76 | 77 78 | 78 79 | 79 80 | ||
81 82 | 82 83- | 83 84 | 85 |
48 50 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 60 | |||||||||
60 62 | 64 65 | 66 67 | 68 69 | 70-- | |||||
71 | 72 73 | 74 75 | Undated |
39 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 | 50 | ||||||||
19 55 | 60-- | ||||||||
61 | 64 65 | 66 67 | 68 69 | 70-- | |||||
71 | 72 73 | 74 75 | 78 79 | 80-- - | |||||
81- | 84 | Undated |
46 47 | 49 | 50 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51 52 | 19 60 | ||||||||
69 70 | |||||||||
71 | 73 | 80-- | |||||||
81 | 82 83 | 84 85 |
69-- | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 71 73 | 73 75 | 75 77 | 78 79 | 80-- | ||||
81 | 82 83 | 84 85 | 86 87 | 88 89 | 90-- | ||||
91 |
42 | 43 | 45 | 49 | 50 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51 | 54 | 55 56 | 59 60 | ||||||
61 62 | 63 64 | 65 66 | 67 68 | 69 70 | |||||
71 72 | 77 78 | 79 80 | |||||||
81 82 | 83 84 | 85 86 | 87 88 |
38 | 39 | 40 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 | 42 | 1944 | 47 | 48 | 49 | ||||
53 54 | |||||||||
62 63 | 63 64 | 64 65 | 65 66 | 67 68 | 68 69 | 69 70 | |||
70 71 | 71 72 | 72 73 | 73 74 | 47 75 | 75 76 | 76 77 | 77 78 | 78 79 | 79 80 |
80 81 | 81 82 | 82 83 | 83 84 | 84 85 |
1938 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | ||||||||||
55 | 57 | 59 | ||||||||
68 69 | ||||||||||
74 75 | 76 77 | 78 79 | 80-- | |||||||
81 | 82 83 | 85 86 | 87 88 | |||||||
91 92 |
51 52 | 53 54 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 67 | |||||||||
71 72 | 72 73 | 73 74 | 75 76 | 76 77 | 77 78 | ||||
81 | 82 | 85 | 89 90 | ||||||
90 91 | 91 92 | 92 93 | 93 94 | 95 96 | 96 97 | 97 98 | 98 99 | 99 00 | |
00 01 | 01 02 |
39 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 19 49 | 50 | ||||
51 | 19 52 | 19 53 | 54 55 | 56 57 | 58 59 | 60-- | |||
61 | 62 63 | 64 65 | 66 67 | 68 69 | 70-- | ||||
71 | 72 73 | 74 75 | 76 77 | 78 79 | 80 | ||||
80 81 |