Its Register listings are the Sylvanus Wade House, the Charles Robinson House and the Robinson-Herrling Sawmill. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1954 on.
Founding year: the first Greenbush post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Greenbush’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greenbush is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Greenbush’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 Greenbush’s 13.2 sits above most of its state (79% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±11.1 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 Greenbush’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greenbush yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Greenbush is an unincorporated town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,903 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The census-designated place of Greenbush is located in the town. The unincorporated community of German Corners is also located in the town. Greenbush hosts the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution.
Its first post office opened in 1846. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,534 to 1,903 (+24%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Greenbush post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Greenbush rank for history?
Greenbush is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Greenbush?
Three places: the Sylvanus Wade House (listed 1971), the Charles Robinson House (1984) and the Robinson-Herrling Sawmill (1984).
How old are the homes in Greenbush?
36% of Greenbush’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1973.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.
Date?
2005
