1 of Butte des Morts’ places is on the National Register
Most of Butte des Morts was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1961 on.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Butte des Morts yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Butte des Morts is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Winneconne and Oshkosh, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, Butte des Morts had a population of 1,005. The community is located at the north side of (Big) Lake Butte des Morts on the former route of Wisconsin Highway 110. The name means "hill of the dead" in French. Butte des Morts uses the ZIP code 54927. The Augustin Grignon Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located within the community. Butte des Morts has an area of 1.246 square miles (3.23 km2); 1.225 square miles (3.17 km2) of this is land, and 0.021 square miles (0.054 km2) is water. Origin of Name…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 962 to 1,005 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
Butte des Morts, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1830s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Butte des Morts. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1961Omro 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 Butte des Morts.
Then & now
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Retake this viewA view of the Butte des Morts treaty ground with the arrival of the commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenney in …, 1835
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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (1) 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.
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