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History · Eastman

Eastman’s post office opened in 1854, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Eastman began

When was Eastman founded?

1854

The Eastman post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Batavia (1858), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 350172 years
Founding year: the first Eastman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Eastman’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eastman are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Eastman, in brief

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

Eastman is a village in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 350 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Eastman.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 428 to 350 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Eastman, 1854 to 1864

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Eastman post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Batavia post office opens
  4. 1864Post officeThe Batavia post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Eastman’s post office has been open since 1854. Another post office, Batavia, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eastman
1854–today
Batavia
1858–1864
18501940today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eastman
NationalSaint Wenceslaus Catholic Church

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

Questions about Eastman’s history

What year was Eastman founded?

The Eastman post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.