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History · Brazeau

Half of Brazeau’s homes were built after 1980

More historic than 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Brazeau was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1973 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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About Brazeau’s history

How historic is Brazeau?

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More historic than 24% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Brazeau’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brazeau is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brazeau’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19407.5% of homes (±2.2) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%C+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 24%
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Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Brazeau’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.2 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Brazeau’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 Brazeau are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Brazeau’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Brazeau, in brief

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

Brazeau is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,340 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Klondike is located in the town. The town was named for the Brazeau family, who were early settlers of Oconto County. The Brazeau family owned a substantial amount of land in the 1800s.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,284 to 1,340 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Brazeau, 1891 to 1973

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Timme post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Timme post office closes
  5. 1973On 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.

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On the map

Brazeau on the map, 1973 to 1990

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

Brazeau on the 1973 USGS mapBrazeau on the 1990 USGS map1973Kelly Lake sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Brazeau

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

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Dan HaggertyAmerican actor · b. 1942
Fay HoldernessAmerican actress · b. 1881
David G. ClassonAmerican politician · b. 1870
Red MackAmerican football player · b. 1937
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Pete BanaszakAmerican football player · b. 1944
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George BurnsideAmerican football player · b. 1899
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Timme, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Klondike
Gone or out of use
Central SchoolschoolFrievalt AirportairportGoldfield SchoolschoolGoldhorn SchoolschoolMessenger Creek SchoolschoolWest Klondike Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brazeau
BrazeauBrazeauSaint Wenceslaus

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BeaverIts storyCMountain3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPound1 historic placeABagleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpruceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStephensonIts storyC−

Questions about Brazeau’s history

How does Brazeau rank for history?

Brazeau is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Brazeau?

8% of Brazeau’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1980.

Memory lane

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

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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).

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.