Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1930.
Chenequa dates its founding to 1928 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chenequa’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chenequa. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chenequa.
From Wikipedia’s history of Chenequa.
The first settlers in the area were Gustaf Unonius; his wife, Charlotta Margareta Öhrströmer; her nursemaid; Christine Södergren; Carl Groth; and Wilhelm Pearmain.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Between 270 and 642 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chenequa’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Chenequa itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1928, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1930 counted 339 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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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