Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1953 on and old-book passages.
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 Dovre’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dovre yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Dovre is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 825 at the 2020 census, down from 849 at the 2010 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 849 to 825 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Dovre, cut from the printed page as they were published.
children, namely: Bernard (deceased), Peter Anton, George (deceased), Jens Martin and Bertha Marie (deceased). He' came to America in the year 1876, and in 1877 took up a homestead in the then town of Chetek, later the town of Dovre, this county, on which he remained for the rest of his life. He started with a log cabin and a little clearing and underwent all the hardships of pioneer life, getting along as best he could while building up a home for himself and his family. He was a man of devout faith and was a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre. He died on the tenth day of Jan¬
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Dovre Township occupies Township 32, Range 10; and the east half of Township 32, Range 11. It was created Nov. 13, 1879, and embraced Township 32, Range 10; and all of Township 32, Range 11, east of the Menomonie (Red Cedar) River. The first town meeting was ordered held at the Brunker schoolhouse in Section 29, Township 32, Range 10, on March 31, 1880. No organiza¬ tion, however, was perfected under this act. The first town meeting was held in April, 1891, and the following officers elected: Supervisors, John Jorstad (chairman), H. J. Myers and A. A. Dahl; clerk, Anton Anderson; assessor, An¬
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.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dovre. 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 Dovre.
Nobody well known was born in Dovre itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
