Most of Brunswick was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1985 on and the census since 1970.
The Brunswick post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Porter's Mills (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,251 in 19702020 census: 1,958168 years
How historic is Brunswick?
C−
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Brunswick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Brunswick’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brunswick 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.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brunswick’s overall grade.
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 Brunswick’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Brunswick’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Brunswick, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brunswick yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Brunswick is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,958 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Lufkin and Mount Hope Corners are located in the town.
Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,624 to 1,958 (+21%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Brunswick in 1914
Passages that mention Brunswick, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, past and present1914 · page 716Read the page →
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connection we might add that Mr. Gilbert has now in his possession a much cherished relic in the shape of a china cup which he saved from this conflagration, and which he later saved from the burning of his home in the town of Brunswick, this county, some years ago. In the late '70 's. he came to Eau Claire and entered the employ of the Valley Lumber Company, remaining with this firm until the Fall of 1884, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres in the town of Brunswick, cleared and improved a
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History of Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, past and present1914 · page 41Read the page →
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Drammen Township is identical in size and shape with a township of government survey. It is bounded on the north by the town of Brunswick, on the south by Buffalo county, on the east by the town of Pleasant Valley, and on the Avest by Pepin county. In 1873 this town was set off from Brunswick imder the name of Lant, which was afterwards changed to its present name of Drammen. The water supply is furnished by Rock and Hoyt's creeks and their tributaries. Its population for 1910
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Brunswick, 1858 to 1985
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Brunswick post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Brunswick rank for history?
Brunswick 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 Brunswick?
7% of Brunswick’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.9 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1995.
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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
