Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 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 Clyman’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Clyman.
A post office called Clyman has been in operation since 1849. The village was named for James Clyman, a pioneer and frontiersman.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Clyman, cut from the printed page as they were published.
about 1808, one of the first settlers; he died at the age of 54, in 1841 ; his mother was a Grattan, and a descendant of the great Irish patriot of that name; Henry C. commenced teaching school when 16 years old ; taught school in Amber in that county twelve years ; Congden and Chandler, of Beaver Dam, were pupils of his ; came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Clyman in 1854 ; settled on 300 acres, and came to Oak Grove in February, 1867, and purchased a hotel and has been carrying that on successfully ever since; his table speaks for itself; he keeps one of the best inland hotels in the State. Mr. Griffin was Chairman of the Board in Clyman ; was also one of the three Commissioners chosen to select location and build the Poor House, and his plans were carried out in building the present fine institution in Dodge
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REV. FATHER M. J. WARD, Pastor of the Holy Assumption Church (Catholic) of Clyman; born in the town of Eden, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Jan. 7, 1847 ; attended district schools during his boyhood, and in 1863, entered St. Mary's of the Lake, Chicago, remaining eight months, then entered the St. Francis Theological Seminary, of Milwaukee, where he studied seven years and four months ; was ordained Dec. 22, 1872. and was an assistant Pastor in a Madison church three months ; took charge of his present congregation in May, 1873 ; Father Ward is also Pastor of the missions of St. Isadore in Clyman, and St. Mary's, of Juneau ; the latter was built iu 1874, by Father Ward ; the Holy Assumption Church was built by Father Joseph Smith in 1861 ; a mission was established here many
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clyman. 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 Clyman.
Between 200 and 422 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clyman’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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