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History · Hartland

24% of Hartland’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hartland’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 Hartland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hartland, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hartland’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Esdaile
1871–1904
Herbert
1881–1905
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EsdaileSnows Corner
Gone or out of use
Conroy SchoolschoolDrake SchoolschoolElm Grove SchoolschoolForest Home SchoolschoolHerbert SchoolschoolHill and Dale SchoolschoolOak Center SchoolschoolOakvale Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Hartland
Esdaile

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

The story so far

Hartland, in brief

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

Hartland is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 830 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Esdaile ( EZ-dayl) and part of the unincorporated community of Snows Corner are in the town,

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 827 in 2010, 830 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Hartland, 1871 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Esdaile post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Herbert post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Esdaile post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Herbert post office closes
  7. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings 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

Hartland on the map, 1940 to 1974

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

Hartland on the 1940 USGS mapHartland on the 1950 USGS mapHartland on the 1974 USGS map1940Maiden Rock sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hartland

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

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Patrick FluegerAmerican actor · b. 1983
Mary Pat GleasonAmerican actress · b. 1950
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Frances Theresa DensmoreAmerican anthropologist and ethnologist · b. 1867
Anna DodgeActress · b. 1867
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Frankie RayderAmerican model · b. 1975
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Randy BreuerAmerican basketball player · b. 1960
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

TrentonIts storyC+SalemIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIsabelleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEllsworthIts storyB−

Questions about Hartland’s history

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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 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.