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History · Jackson

Half of Jackson’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Jackson was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1955 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Jackson’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Jackson’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson.
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Start Jackson’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewKoepsel House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Moro
1899–1915
Leef
1904–1919
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Radke Sand and Gravel Pitmine
1cemetery inside Jackson
Jackson

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

The story so far

Jackson, in brief

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

There are some other places named Jackson in Wisconsin. Jackson is a town in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 935 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 773 to 935 (+21%).

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

Timeline

Jackson, 1899 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Moro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Leef post office opens
  5. 1915Post officeThe Moro post office closes
  6. 1919Post officeThe Leef post office closes
  7. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Jackson, decade by decade

Date unknown3 to date
Koepsel HouseDate?Koepsel HouseKrueger House, State Route 60Date?Krueger House, State Route 60Rusch Cottage, West of KirchhaynDate?Rusch Cottage, West of Kirchhayn
On the map

Jackson on the map, 1955 to 1982

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

Jackson on the 1955 USGS mapJackson on the 1982 USGS map1955Hertel 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 Jackson.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Koepsel House
Retake this viewKoepsel House

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jackson’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ScottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSand LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOaklandIts storyDSwissIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeenonIts storyC−Webb LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Jackson’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the Library of Congress (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.