The Eagle Point post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Eagleton (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,542 in 19902020 census: 3,237142 years
How historic is Eagle Point?
C
More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Eagle Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Eagle Point’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eagle Point is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #290 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eagle Point’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 Eagle Point’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Eagle Point’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first settlers in this area settled along the Chippewa River. In 1848, when the first surveyors passed through for the U.S. government, they found few "improvements" in the land away from the river, but along the river they noted a number of settlers in what would become the town of Eagle Point. For the 6-mile (10 km) square that includes the part of Eagle Point below modern Jim Falls, the surveyor wrote this general description:
The Surface of this Township except in the vicinity of the Streams is level or gently rolling.
The Soil East of the River is Sandy 3rd rate West of the River Loam & Sand 2nd rate.
The Eagle Point post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Eagle Point rank for history?
Eagle Point is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #290 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.
How old are the homes in Eagle Point?
11% of Eagle Point’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
