Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Almon

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Almon

23% of Almon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Almon’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 Almon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Almon, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Almon’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Almon’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Regina
1886–1909
Riverside
1887–1908
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Regina
Gone or out of use
Henning SchoolschoolKolpack SchoolschoolLeiskau SchoolschoolRegina SchoolschoolSaint Paulus Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Almon
Almon TownLeiskauSaint PaulsSaint Pauls Riverside

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Almon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Almon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Almon is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 575 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Almon and Regina are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Shepley is also located partially in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 584 in 2010, 575 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Almon, 1886 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Regina post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Riverside post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Riverside post office closes
  6. 1909Post officeThe Regina post office closes
  7. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Almon on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Almon on the 1964 USGS mapAlmon on the 1982 USGS map1964Gresham 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 Almon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Almon

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

See all →
C
Chester J. RobertsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
E
Earl W. SchmidtAmerican judge · b. 1936
H
Helmer SwenholtUnited States Army officer · b. 1886
R
Roger BreskeAmerican politician · b. 1938
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BowlerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHutchinsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirnamwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorrisIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBartelmeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Almon’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.