Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Evergreen was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1973 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 Evergreen’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Evergreen yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Evergreen is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 462 as of the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Elton and Four Corners are located in the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 495 to 462 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Evergreen, cut from the printed page as they were published.
tablished as Wolf River township. The Wolf River does not flow through the township and this name was not appropriate. It was changed in May, 1896, to the Town of Evergreen by its settlers. CEMETERY OF EVERGREEN. April 7, 1903, a committee of ladies were selected to chose a site for a township cemetery. The ladies reported to the town board and the same year the
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 Evergreen. 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 Evergreen.
Nobody well known was born in Evergreen itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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 US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.
