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History · Grant

37% of Grant’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register

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What stands out about Grant’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grant are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grant’s homes were built before 1961.

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The story so far

Grant, in brief

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

Grant is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 976 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Caroline is located within the town, and it holds the town's fire station.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 991 in 2010, 976 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Grant in 1900

Passages that mention Grant, cut from the printed page as they were published.

“In the spring of 1837 I ceased to work for Daniels, Denniston & Co., and Grant County being organized, March 4, 1837, an election was held for county officers, at which I was elected the first register of deeds of Grant County. In the summer of 1837 I was appointed a justice of the peace of Grant … — **History of Grant County Wisconsin**1900 · page 102Read the page →
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“In the spring of 1837 I ceased to work for Daniels, Denniston & Co., and Grant County being organized, March 4, 1837, an election was held for county officers, at which I was elected the first register of deeds of Grant County. In the summer of 1837 I was appointed a justice of the peace of Grant County by Gov. Henry Dodge. In No¬ vember, 1837, 1 moved the office of register of deeds and myself from Cassville to Lancaster, and lived there until the spring of 1855, when I moved back to Cassville.
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saw-mill, the first in the county, a few miles up the river from the fur¬ nace. It has been stated that a post-office was established at Gibral¬ tar in 1828, but the editor can find no record of any post-office here till 1838. The first post-office in what is now Grant County was established at Pla… — **History of Grant County Wisconsin**1900 · page 18Read the page →
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saw-mill, the first in the county, a few miles up the river from the fur¬ nace. It has been stated that a post-office was established at Gibral¬ tar in 1828, but the editor can find no record of any post-office here till 1838. The first post-office in what is now Grant County was established at Platteville in 1829, with J. H. Rountree as postmaster. Previous to that some person would go to Galena from Hardscrabble or Platteville and bring out in his pocket all the mail for his neighbor¬ hood.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Grant, 1874 to 1970

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

19th century
1874Post officeThe Caroline post office opens
1880Post officeThe Hunting post office opens
20th century
1934Post officeThe Hunting post office closes
1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey

By decade

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On the map

Grant on the map, 1970 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grant. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

1970Marion 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 Grant.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grant

Nobody well known was born in Grant itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chester L. KrauseAmerican numismatist and publisher · b. 1923

Daniel V. SpeckhardAmerican diplomat · b. 1959

Bert ThielMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1926

Francis R. ByersAmerican politician · b. 1920

Helmer SwenholtUnited States Army officer · b. 1886

Jeffrey Brian RemmelPh.D. Cornell University 1974 · b. 1948

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Hunting, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Caroline

1874–today

Hunting

1880–1934

18701950today

Hamlets and corners on the map

CarolineHunting

Gone or out of use

Weasel Dam Schoolschool

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grant

SalemZion

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

MarionIts storyB⁻FairbanksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town PellaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town SenecaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town DupontIts 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 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.

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