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History · St. Wendel

12% of St. Wendel’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about St. Wendel’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of St. Wendel are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1981. Watch St. Wendel change.
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On the map

St. Wendel on the map, 1901 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of St. Wendel. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

St. Wendel on the 1901 USGS mapSt. Wendel on the 1961 USGS mapSt. Wendel on the 1981 USGS map1901Haubstadt sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of St. Wendel.

The story

How St. Wendel came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of St. Wendel.

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The settlement was founded by Marcus and Wendel Wassmer. The Wassmer brothers were German-Canadian coopers who had immigrated from Baden to Toronto. Legend has it that in the spring of 1837, they walked south to this vicinity. Upon their return to Toronto in the summer, they found they no longer had jobs and returned on foot once again to the same grounds they had visited that spring. Their second arrival is said to have happened in the fall of 1837. The Wassmers secured some farmland, and their descendants still live there today.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to St. Wendel

Nobody well known was born in St. Wendel itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dylan MinnetteAmerican actor and musician · b. 1996
Louise DresserAmerican actress · b. 1878
Avery BrooksAmerican actor and director · b. 1948
Lilly KingAmerican swimmer · b. 1997
Marilyn MillerBroadway musical star · b. 1898
Ron GlassAmerican actor · b. 1945
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Armstrong TownshipIts storyC+Robinson TownshipIts storyC−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.