Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1890.
History grade
What drives Chase’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Chase is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns, #220 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Chase’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 Chase’s 3.0 sits near the middle of its state (62% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points). Two sources give 1873.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Chase’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chase yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Chase is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,178 at the time of the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Chase and South Chase are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Krakow is also located partially in the town. The town of Chase did have a post office that was established in 1890, until it was discontinued in 1907. The town was established in 1873 as St. Nathans and was changed to Chase in 1890. The Hillbert Settlement along Highway C was located in the town. Although the settlement was never an officially named place, it does show up on public documents. The settlement once had a cheese factory, multiple churches, and a cemet…
Chase was established in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,005 to 3,178 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Chase, 1873 to 1954
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1873, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Chase’s post office opened in 1890.
How does Chase rank for history?
Chase is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns, #220 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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.
What is on the National Register in Chase?
One place: the Krause, Daniel E., Stone Barn (listed 2000).
How old are the homes in Chase?
12% of Chase’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1997.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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