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History · Langlade

Half of Langlade’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Langlade was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1973 on, and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Langlade’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Langlade’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Langlade, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Langlade’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Langlade’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 photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewRange Line Road Bridge, Spanning West B…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Kent
1890–1925
Lily
1890–1986
Pickerel
1904–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChoateFreemanLilyPickerel
Gone or out of use
Adventist SchoolschoolKent Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Langlade
Lily

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

The story so far

Langlade, in brief

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

Langlade is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 469 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Choate, Freeman, Lily, and Pickerel are located within the town. The township is served by the Town of Langlade Fire Department, and Pickerel Rescue Squad for ambulance services.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 473 in 2010, 469 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Langlade in 1922

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

The village of Langlade, named after Charles De Langlade, is located in this district. Langlade, as platted, contains all that territory in the southwest i/4 of the NE 14 of section 3, Township 31, Range 14 East.
History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. government survey to present time, with biographical sketches1922 · page 204Read the page →
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The village of Langlade, named after Charles De Langlade, is located in this district. Langlade, as platted, contains all that territory in the southwest i/4 of the NE 14 of section 3, Township 31, Range 14 East.

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The territorial changes affecting Langlade County were made between 1883 and 1885. The legislature detached the territory in ranges 13 and 14 and the west 12 sections of township 31 from Shawano County, known as the Lost Nation and attached the same to Langlade County in 1883. Territory cut from La…
History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. government survey to present time, with biographical sketches1922 · page 15Read the page →
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The territorial changes affecting Langlade County were made between 1883 and 1885. The legislature detached the territory in ranges 13 and 14 and the west 12 sections of township 31 from Shawano County, known as the Lost Nation and attached the same to Langlade County in 1883. Territory cut from Langlade County by the Provisions of Chapter 7, laws of 1881, was also attached to Langlade County. In 1885

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.

Timeline

Langlade, 1890 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Kent post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Lily post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Pickerel post office opens
  6. 1925Post officeThe Kent post office closes
  7. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1986Post officeThe Lily post office closes
By decade

Langlade, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, AntigoDate?Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau C…
On the map

Langlade on the map, 1973 to 1990

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

Langlade on the 1973 USGS mapLanglade on the 1990 USGS map1973White Lake 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 Langlade.

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.

Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, Antigo
Retake this viewRange Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, Antigo

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Langlade

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

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Alexander H. SmithAmerican mycologist · b. 1904
John BradleyNavy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iw… · b. 1923
D. Wayne LukasAmerican horse trainer · b. 1935
Ernest J. DawleyUnited States Army Major general · b. 1886
Joe PiskulaAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1984
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Justin BergAmerican baseball player · b. 1984
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wolf RiverIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPriceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNashville1 historic placeCAinsworthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEvergreenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Langlade’s history

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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 (1), 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.