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History · Eagle

33% of Eagle’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1983 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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What stands out about Eagle’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Eagle’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHistoric interpreter harvesting radishe…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Basswood
1869–1911
Lucus
1869–1869
Eagle Corners
1870–1900
Balmoral
1889–1902
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BalmoralBasswood
Gone or out of use
Basswood SchoolschoolBethel SchoolschoolBethke QuarrymineGault Hollow SchoolschoolHoosier Hollow SchoolschoolKite SchoolschoolSchool Number 5schoolSchool Number 8school
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagle
BasswoodBethelDawsonNewburnPleasant Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Eagle, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eagle yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Eagle is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 492 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Balmoral, Basswood, and Eagle Corners are located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 531 to 492 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Eagle, 1869 to 1983

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Basswood post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Lucus post office opens
  4. 1869Post officeThe Lucus post office closes
  5. 1870Post officeThe Eagle Corners post office opens
  6. 1881Born hereJoshua L. Johns is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1900Post officeThe Eagle Corners post office closes
  9. 1911Post officeThe Basswood post office closes
  10. 1922Born hereBeauford T. Anderson is born here
  11. 1980In the archiveHistoric interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, the state historical soc…
  12. 1983On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Eagle, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s2 items
Historic interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, the state historical society's outdoor museum1980Historic interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World…Historic interpretor harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, The State Historical Society's outdoor museum1980Historic interpretor harvesting radishes at Old World…
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Eagle on the map in 1983

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle.

Eagle on the 1983 USGS map1983Muscoda sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagle.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Historic interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, the state historical society's outdoor museum
Retake this viewHistoric interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, the state historical society's outdoor museum, 1980

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eagle’s page.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Eagle

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Beauford T. AndersonUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1922
Joshua L. JohnsAmerican politician · b. 1881
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MuscodaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrion2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichwood2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDaytonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

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 the Library of Congress (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.